Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states, 1953 - 1993

Resource Information

The work Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states, 1953 - 1993 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states, 1953 - 1993

Statement of responsibility

John Anderson

Creator

• Anderson, John, 1955 September 19-
• Anderson, John, 1955 September 19-

Subject

• Religion and state -- Former Soviet republics
• Religion and state -- Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991
• Soviet Union -- Religion
• Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government
• Former Soviet republics -- Religion

Language

eng

Summary

Making use of newly available archive material, this book provides the first systematic and accessible overview of church state relations in the Soviet Union. John Anderson explores the shaping of Soviet religious policy from the death of Stalin until the collapse of communism, and considers the place of religion in the post-Soviet future. The book discusses the motivations of Khrushchev's renewed assault on religion, the Brezhnev leadership's response to the election of a Polish Pope and the perceived revitalisation of Islam, the factors underlying Gorbachev's liberalisation of religious policy, and the problems in this area facing the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. This study will be of interest to students and scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet studies, religious history, and the politics of church state relations

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Dewey number

291/.0947

Index

index present

LC call number

BL980.S65

LC item number

A53 1994eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries