April 2014 Vol. 10 No. 2 ISSN 1841-0464 European Journal of Science and Theology Editor-in-Chief: Iulian Rusu Academic Organisation for Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development
European Journal of Science and Theology Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Iulian Rusu Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Prof. Anton Adămuţ Prof. Ahmet Aktaş Akdeniz University, Turkey Prof. Edward Joseph Alam Notre Dame University, Lebanon Prof. Evgeny Arinin Vladimir State University, Russia Prof. Linos Benakis Academy of Athens, Greece Prof. Daniel Keith Brannan Abilene Christian University, USA Prof. Romeo Cioara Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania Dr. Tudor Ciuhodaru Apollonia University, Romania Dr. Guy Clicqué University of Bayreuth, Germany Dr. Mihail Liviu Craus JINR Dubna, Russia Prof. Rodica Diaconescu Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania Prof. Milan Dimitrijević Belgrade Astronomical Observatory, Serbia Prof. Cornel du Toit University of South Africa, South Africa Dr. Steffen Ducheyne Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Prof. Lodovico Galleni University of Pisa, Italy Prof. Maria Gavrilescu Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania Prof. Petar Grujić Institute of Physics, Serbia Dr. Alfred Kracher Iowa State University, USA Fr. Prof. Javier Leach Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Prof. Matei Macoveanu Gh. Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania Prof. Slavomir Magál University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, Slovakia Prof. Nicoleta Melniciuc Dr. Arkadiusz Modrzejewski University of Gdansk, Poland Prof. Alexei Nesteruk University of Portsmouth, UK Prof. Argyris Nicolaidis University of Thessaloniki, Greece Prof. Basarab Nicolescu Université Paris 6, France Dr. Mihaela Palade University of Bucharest, Romania Dr. Jesús Romero Moñivas Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Dr. Anne Runehov Copenhagen University, Denmark Ana Rusu Fr. Prof. Viorel Sava Dr. Manzoor Shah University of Kashmir, India Prof. Einar Strumse Lillehammer University College, Norway Fr. Dr. Dumitru Vanca University of Alba Iulia, Romania
European Journal of Science and Theology, April 2014, Vol.10, No.2, 1-159 CONTENTS EDITORIAL The 12 th International Symposium (ISSTA 2013): Religion and politics - Church-State relationship - from Constantine the Great to Europe post-maastricht.. 1 CONFERENCE PAPERS Reversibility of secularization: a thesis confirmed in post-modernity Gurie Georgiu.... 5 Church and state in WW 2: the Orthodox priests in Transylvania and the Legionary rebellion Alin Albu....... 17 The liturgical and the hymnographic expression of the Church-State relation in the Byzantine rite Cristian Cezar Login...... 27 Church and politics: the Christian leadership in the 4 th century Cappadocia Ciprian Ioan Streza..... 37 The bishop and the Church: two liturgical paradigms of the changes after Constantine the Great Dumitru Vanca........ 47 The Church and the Christian in public arena Ben-Oni Ardelean......... 59 Law, public policy and the secular state Ana S. Iltis... 67 Ascendency of the fundamentalist secular state Mark J. Cherry........ 79 The point of view of the State and Romanian Orthodox Church regarding cremation in the communist period Răzvan Brudiu..... 89
Liberalism and Christianity: the case for free trade Gabriel Mursa....... 97 Two hierocratic paradigms of visuality: Confucianist China Orthodox Byzantium Andrei Dirlau........ 109 Christianity as centrality or peripherisation in Europe: Constantine the Great s ecclesial model, or the Maastricht model? Emil Jurcan....... 121 A moment of Constantinian hagiography Ovidiu Panaite.... 131 Evolutions and involutions in the Church-State relationship Nicolae Brînzea.... 139 Religion and ideology: conditions of their cohabitation in the European Union Sorin Bocancea....... 149