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Secularism Soviet Style – Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic

Autor Sonja Luehrmann
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 noi 2011
Sonja Luehrmann explores the Soviet atheist effort to build a society without gods or spirits and its afterlife in post-Soviet religious revival. Combining archival research on atheist propaganda of the 1960s and 1970s with ethnographic fieldwork in the autonomous republic of Marij El in Russia's Volga region, Luehrmann examines how secularist culture-building reshaped religious practice and interreligious relations. One of the most palpable legacies of atheist propaganda is a widespread didactic orientation among the population and a faith in standardized programs of personal transformation as solutions to wider social problems. This didactic trend has parallels in globalized forms of Protestantism and Islam but differs from older uses of religious knowledge in rural Russia. At a time when the secularist modernization projects of the 20th century are widely perceived to have failed, Secularism Soviet Style emphasizes the affinities and shared histories of religious and atheist mobilizations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253223555
ISBN-10: 0253223555
Pagini: 292
Ilustrații: 14 b&w illustrations, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 151 x 227 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Translation, Transliteration, and NamesIntroduction: Atheism, Secularity, and Postsecular Religion I. Affinities 1. Neighbors and Comrades: Secularizing the Mari Country; 2. "Go teach:" Methods of Change II. Promises 3. Church Closings and Sermon Circuits; 4. Marginal Lessons III. Fissures 5. Visual Aid; 6. The Soul and the Spirit IV. Rhythms 7. Lifelong Learning; Conclusion: Affinity and DiscernmentGlossary; Notes; References; Index

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"Well conceived from start to finish and likely to become a benchmark in its field.... This deeply thoughtful book should appeal to a wide range of readers." Bruce Grant, New York University

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Studies secularism and religiosity in Russia, past and present