Candle in the Wind

Religion in the Soviet Union

Eugene B. Shirley, Michael Rowe (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

356 Seiten

1989
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-89633-135-8 (ISBN)

Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage

Artikel merken

Religion has held a unique place in Soviet society: it is the only officially tolerated form of divergent ideology. Successive constitutions since 1917 have guaranteed 'freedom to perform religious rites.' In this volume, eleven authors survey the history and current situation of religion.

Religion has held a unique place in Soviet society: it is the only officially tolerated form of divergent ideology. Successive constitutions since 1917 have guaranteed "freedom to perform religious rites." In this volume, eleven authors survey the history and current situation of religion. They look at the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian bodiesóProtestant, Catholic, and Orthodoxóand also at Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam. They describe the laws and the government agencies used to repress and persecute religious believers, how various religious bodies have responded to repression, and the prospects for reform under the initiatives of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.1989
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 234 mm
Gewicht	694 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	0-89633-135-0 / 0896331350
ISBN-13	978-0-89633-135-8 / 9780896331358
Zustand	Neuware