Broschiertes Buch

Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union

Beschreibung

The history of Christianity in the Soviet Union was not limited to repression and secularization. Communist policies toward religious belief and practice tended to vacillate over time between, on the one hand, a Utopian determination to substitute secular rationalism for what they considered to be an unmodern, "superstitious" world view and, on the other, pragmatic acceptance of the tenaciousness of religious faith and institutions. In any case, religious beliefs and practices did persist, in the domestic and private spheres but also in the scattered public spaces allowed by a state that recognized its failure to eradicate religion and the political dangers of an unrelenting culture war. The Soviets' official religious stance was one of "religious freedom or tolerance", though the state established atheism as the only scientific truth. Criticism of atheism or the state's anti-religious policies was forbidden and could lead to forced retirement, arrest and/or imprisonment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130549930
• ISBN-10: 6130549938
• Artikelnr.: 29739208