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AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy DDiiggiittaall CCoommmmoonnss @@ AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy Dissertations Graduate Research 1991 CChhuurrcchh,, SSeecctt,, aanndd GGoovveerrnnmmeenntt CCoonnttrrooll,, aa HHiissttoorryy ooff SSeevveenntthh--DDaayy AAddvveennttiissttss iinn AAuussttrriiaa,, 11889900--11997755 Daniel Heinz Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, and the Political History Commons RReeccoommmmeennddeedd CCiittaattiioonn Heinz, Daniel, "Church, Sect, and Government Control, a History of Seventh-Day Adventists in Austria, 1890-1975" (1991). Dissertations. 65. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/65 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. 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Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary CHURCH, SECT, AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL A HISTORY OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN AUSTRIA, 1890-1975 A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Daniel Heinz March 1991 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT CHURCH, SECT, AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL A HISTORY OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN AUSTRIA, 1890-1975 by Daniel Heinz Faculty Adviser: D. A. Augsburger Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: CHURCH, SECT, AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL: A HISTORY OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN AUSTRIA, 1890-1975 Name of researcher: Daniel Heinz Name and degree of faculty adviser: Daniel A. Augsburger, Ph.D., Dr. es Sc.Rel. Date completed: March 1991 Seventh-day Adventism, a young American-based denomination, encountered strenuous opposition when it first reached Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. This was especially true in Austria, where traditional allegiance to Roman Catholicism, linked with a strong emphasis on cultural continuity, constituted the tenor of social life. Although the Adventist church has been present in Austria for almost a hundred years, its influence and size have remained insignificant. Baptists and Methodists have had the same disappointing experience. Austria is 2 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 3 certainly one of the most difficult countries for evangelical mission outreach in Europe. This dissertation not only describes the history of Seventh-day Adventism in Austria but also examines the relationship of the denomination to its political and religious milieu. How did the Austrian Adventists conduct themselves under the shadow of the predominant Catholic Church? How did they relate to the different forms of government such as monarchy, fascism, and National Socialism? Which missionary methods were employed to counteract the influence of a largely hostile church and state and to adapt to the environment? These and related questions are explored with the anticipation that this study may furnish valuable insights to stimulate further discussion of church-state relationships and to provide a basis for continuing investigation of the dynamics involved in encounters of minority religions with hostile socio-cultural settings. Chapter I sketches the origin and progress of the Adventist mission in Central Europe, dealing with the contributions of missionaries such as M. B. Czechowski, J. N. Andrews, and L. R. Conradi. Chapter IX treats the difficult beginnings of Adventist mission work in Austria-Hungary. Chapter III describes Adventism during the inter war period. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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