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Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century

Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century

Guigo-Patzelt, Eva

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

Atheism & AgnosticismSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1032938536
ISBN13: 9781032938530
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 19 2025
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book offers an analysis of the wide range of attitudes that communist movements and regimes adopted towards atheism during the 20th century. Despite the well-known violent fight of the Bolsheviks against believers, for example, and religious persecution in communist regimes at different times, being a communist did not always go hand in hand with being an atheist oneself or with the will to actively spread atheism. The reasons for the changing links between communism and atheism, ranging from militant atheists to communists presenting themselves as defenders of the authentic religion, deserved precise, in-depth investigation. The book's case studies on Greece, Albania, Italy, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Slovenia, Afghanistan, and Vietnam and its common focus on the causes of atheism will be of interest to scholars of these areas but also of atheism and secularism, religion, and politics.

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