Glaube Und Eigensinn: Volksfrommigkeit Zwischen Orthodoxer Kirche Und Sowjetischem Staat 1941 Bis 1960 [German]

by Ulrike Huhn

English summary: How did Orthodox Christians practice their religion in the atheist Soviet Union during the war and post-war period, after most churches had been closed and many priests arrested during the years of terror? Contrary to what the Bolsheviks had predicted, Orthodox faith and religious practices did not die out. Religious life and the atheist Soviet state did not necessarily represent a contradiction. This became especially apparent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3447101032
• ISBN13: 9783447101035
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 363 Pages