Stalin's holy war: religion, nationalism, and alliance politics, 1941 - 1945

"Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that t...

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Main Author: Miner, Steven Merritt 1956- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill London University of North Carolina Press 2003
In:Year: 2003
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Soviet Union / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Nationalism / History 1941-1945
B Stalin, Iosif V. 1878-1953 / World War / Religion / Alliance policy / History 1941-1945
Further subjects:B World War, 1939-1945 (Soviet Union)
B Nationalism
B Orientalische Kirchen
B Oriental Church
B World War, 1939-1945 Religious aspects
B church-state relations
B Literaturverzeichnis / Bibliographie
B Index
B USSR / Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics / Soviet Union
B Weltkrieg II
B Nationalism (Soviet Union)
B Verhältnis Staat-Kirche
B Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken / Soviet Union / UdSSR
B Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ History 20th century
B Bibliography
B World War II
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Summary:"Histories of the USSR during World War II generally portray the Kremlin's restoration of the Russian Orthodox Church as an attempt by an ideologically bankrupt regime to appeal to Russian nationalism in order to counter the mortal threat of Nazism. Here, Steven Merritt Miner argues that this version of events, while not wholly untrue, is incomplete. Using newly opened Soviet-era archives as well as neglected British and American sources, he examines the complex and profound role of religion, especially Russian Orthodoxy, in the policies of Stalin's government during World War II." "Miner demonstrates that Stalin decided to restore the Church to prominence not primarily as a means to stoke the fires of Russian nationalism but as a tool for restoring Soviet power to areas that the Red Army recovered from German occupation. The Kremlin also harnessed the Church for propaganda campaigns aimed at convincing the Western Allies that the USSR, far from being a source of religious repression, was a bastion of religious freedom. In his conclusion, Miner explores how Stalin's religious policy helped shape the postwar history of the USSR."--BOOK JACKET.
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ISBN:0807827363