Religion in the Soviet Union

Religion in the Soviet Union: an archival reader

by Corley, Felix

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"For many years it has been possible to read the reaction of believers to the Soviet state's attempt to control religious groups. Here, for the first time in English, is a collection of documents that reveals the struggle between religion and the Communist state from the other side. In their own words the bureaucrats debate policy, issue orders and seek to maximise their control over all aspects of religious life. Using KGB, Central Committee, Council for Religious Affairs and local official do…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Religion in the Soviet Union : an archival reader / Felix Corley.

Summary

"For many years it has been possible to read the reaction of believers to the Soviet state's attempt to control religious groups. Here, for the first time in English, is a collection of documents that reveals the struggle between religion and the Communist state from the other side. In their own words the bureaucrats debate policy, issue orders and seek to maximise their control over all aspects of religious life. Using KGB, Central Committee, Council for Religious Affairs and local official documents, Felix Corley has built up a picture of how policy was applied to religious questions in many different areas of Soviet life - with the unchanging aim of control." "We follow the story from the implementation of control in the early Soviet years right through to the coming of openness towards religion in the dying days of the Soviet regime. The varying response to the Russian Orthodox Church, the Old Believers, the Catholics, Protestants, the Armenian Church, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists is shown, as well as how the Soviet state tackled newer groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses and Hare Krishnas. This lively and varied collection gives a unique insight into the processes of policy-making and implementation, and will be of interest to students of political science and the sociology of religion, as well as historians of the Soviet era and of the different religious faiths."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1996.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:Basingstoke
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1996.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xiv, 402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0333616596, 9780333616598, 9780230390041, 0230390048
  • oclc:ocm35831384
  • LC Classification:BL980.S65
  • Dewey Decimal:322/.1/09470904

Subjects

11.59 church history, history of doctri… Kerk en staat RELIGION Sources (form) Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Religion Union of Soviet Socialist Republics URSS -- Religion

Writers

Corley, Felix

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