ISBN10: 019993763X, ISBN13: 9780199937639, [publisher: Oxford Univ Pr] Softcover 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.00x1.00x6.00 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2012. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 9.00x1.00x6.00 inches. 2012. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 019993763X 9780199937639 [GB]

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ISBN10: 019993763X, ISBN13: 9780199937639, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. State Secularism and Lived Religion in Soviet Russia and Ukraine is a collection of essays written by a broad cross-section of scholars from around the world that explores the myriad forms religious expression and religious practice took in Soviet society in conjunction with the Soviet government's commitment to secularization. The implementation of secularizing policies invariably shaped the forms of religious expression that emerged in Soviet Russian and Soviet Ukraine. Religious practices across confessional groups over time reflect the waves of intensification and relaxation of repressive practices. During the post-world War II period, which most of the essays in this volume address, repressive tactics shifted from raw coercion and violence to propaganda and agitation as the main means to suppress religious practice and belief in the public sphere. Unlike other studies that have focused on such forms of repression, the authors in this volume consider how some communities and individual believers were able to adapt their practices and beliefs to the social, political, and ideological constraints of Soviet society so as to pursue their beliefs. The volume thus offers a new perspective on Soviet secularization that moves beyond the formation of policies and decrees to consider two additional dimensions. First, the essays engage how governing ...
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ISBN10: 019993763X, ISBN13: 9780199937639, [publisher: OUP USA 2013-02-07, New York] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]