The Plot to Kill GodFindings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization

Findings from the Soviet experiment in secularization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20027872
AutoresPaul Froese (0000-0003-3796-8544)
Año2008
Páginas264
Fecha de publicación2008-08-06
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe plot to kill God (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/california/9780520255289.001.0001
OpenAlexW2484915055
Open LibraryOL16395614M
ISBN9780520255289
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas47

This book explores the nature of religious faith in a provocative examination of the most massive atheism campaign in human history. That campaign occurred after the 1917 Russian Revolution, when Soviet plans for a new Marxist utopia included the total eradication of all religion. Even though the Soviet Union's attempt to secularize its society was quite successful at crushing the institutional and ritual manifestations of religion, its leaders were surprised at the persistence of religious belief. This account reveals how atheism, when taken to its extreme, can become as dogmatic and oppressive as any religious faith and illuminates the struggle for individual expression in the face of social repression

Atheism · Face (sociological concept) · Faith · Marxist philosophy · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Secularization · Social science · Sociology · Soviet union · Theology · Utopia · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · 15.70 history of Europe · Ateísmo · Atheismus · Church and state · Communism · Communism and religion · Comunismo y religión · Iglesia y Estado · Kirche · Kommunismus · Kristendom och kommunism · Kyrkan och staten · Religion · Säkularisation · Secularización · Sekularisering · Staat