TY - BOOK AU - Clark, Roland TI - Sectarianism and renewal In 1920s romania: the limits of orthodoxy and nation-building SN - 9781350197039 U1 - 281.949809042 PY - 2021/// CY - USA PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Christian sects; Romania; Romania Religious life and customs N1 - Bib and Ref N2 - The Romanian Orthodox Church expanded significantly after the First World War, yet Protestant Repenter and schismatic Orthodox movements such as Old Calendarism also grew exponentially during this period, terrifying church leaders who responded by sending missionary priests into the villages to combat sectarianism. Several lay renewal movements such as the Lord's Army and the Stork's Nest also appeared within the Orthodox Church, implicating large numbers of peasants and workers in tight-knit religious communities operating at the margins of Eastern Orthodoxy. ER -