Book Review: Victoria Smolkin, A Sacred Space is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism

Everyone thinks they know about Soviet atheism. The rough outline goes something like this. With communism, atheism became the new religion. Lenin’s body in the Red Square mausoleum was the functional equivalent of the relic cult. After the fall of communism, religion came back. Atheism is over. End...

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Main Author: Kizenko, Nadieszda 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: George Fox University 2020
In: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Issue: 8, Pages: 94-96
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Summary:Everyone thinks they know about Soviet atheism. The rough outline goes something like this. With communism, atheism became the new religion. Lenin’s body in the Red Square mausoleum was the functional equivalent of the relic cult. After the fall of communism, religion came back. Atheism is over. End of story.
ISSN:2693-2148
Contains:Enthalten in: Occasional papers on religion in Eastern Europe