Christopher Marsh

Religion and the State in Russia and China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comparative survey of the secularization policies of the Soviet Union and China looks at the suppression, survival, and revival of religion in both countries. >

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9781441102294
• ISBN-10: 1441102299
• Artikelnr.: 31183245

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: From Forced Secularization to Desecularization
1. The Theological Roots of Militant Atheism
2. Evicting God: Forced Secularization in the Soviet Union
3. Faith in Defiance: The Persistence of Religion under Scientific Atheism
4. Russia's Religious Renaissance
5. China's Third Opium War: The CCP's Struggle With Religion
6. Keeping the Faith: The Persistence of Religious Life in Communist China
7. From Religious Anesthesia to Jesus Fever
Conclusion: Man, The State, and God