Religion in secular archives: Soviet atheism and historical knowledge
Russian archives contain a wealth of information on religiosity during the Soviet era, but most of it is written from the hostile perspective of officials and scholars charged with promoting atheism. Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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In: | Year: 2015 |
Series/Journal: | The Oxford series on history and archives
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Soviet Union
/ Archive
/ Religiosity
/ Atheism
/ Historiography
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Further subjects: | B
Atheism
Soviet Union
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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Summary: | Russian archives contain a wealth of information on religiosity during the Soviet era, but most of it is written from the hostile perspective of officials and scholars charged with promoting atheism. Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and Texas, this book argues that much can be learned about Soviet religiosity by a focus not just on what documents say but also on what their originators did. |
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ISBN: | 0190255242 |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199943623.001.0001 |