Marxism-Leninism as the Civil Religion of Soviet Society: God's Commissar

by James Thrower

This study examines the phenomenon of Marxism-Leninism from a perspective of the history of religions, in order to cull the lessons that students of both religion and society might draw from the collapse of that once seemingly impregnable ideology. After considering the reasons advanced by a variety of scholars for calling Marxism-Leninism a religion, as well as at Marxism-Leninism's own claim to be a science, the author suggests that a more fruitful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773491805
• ISBN13: 9780773491809
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 199 Pages