Ideologie, ştiinţă şi religie. „Anticazania” sau educaţia ateistă în timpul regimului Ceauşescu
Ideology, science and religion. “Anti-homily” or atheist education during the Ceauşescu’s regime

Summary/Abstract: Using archival documents issued by communist party structures and official publications this article analyses the process through which the atheist education of the Romanian society became a priority for Ceauşescu’s regime. At the middle of the 60s, against the background of liberalization, the official ideology, science and religion coexisted. This process was caused both by the political developments within the communist bloc and the ability of the official churches to adapt to a new context. From the perspective of ideological program, Ceauşescu tried to impose atheism as the only accepted dogma of the socialist society. This was the reason why the natural scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists were mobilized to use their knowledge and to offer answers how to get a desecrated society. Despite the anti-religious campaigns, the all education programs aimed to reduce the importance of religion within the society failed. The atheistic society designed by the official’s party meant the replacement of religious holidays with the socialist rituals. Regardless of confession, in the last years of Ceauşescu’s regime, the whole society felt the effects of the restrictions which limited the religious freedom.

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