Evangelicals in interwar Romania were a vibrant mix of ethnicities languages and social
statuses. Jews Roma Germans Hungarians Serbs Ukrainians and Russians sang prayed and
preached in their native languages. Romanian statesmen perceived them as a danger for the
construction of a strong post-WWI national identity. The lived religion of interwar Romanian
evangelicals and their struggle through music for legitimacy demonstrates the close ties
between national self-understanding and religion. The diverse groups of Romanian evangelicals
reveal how minorities in 20th century Europe challenged established religious concepts and
constructed their new identities.
