Religion and the State in Russia and China
Suppression, Survival, and Revival
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2011
288 pages
978-1-4411-0284-3 (ISBN)
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1. Auflage
Language
English
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London
United Kingdom
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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978-1-4411-0284-3 (9781441102843)
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Christopher Marsh is Professor of Political Science and Director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University. The author of several books, including Unparalleled Reforms: China's Rise, Russia's Fall, and the Interdependence of Transition (Lexington Books, 2005), he also serves as editor of the Journal of Church & State (Oxford UP). Dr. Marsh speaks Russian and Chinese and has conducted field research across Eurasia.
Content
Introduction: From Forced Secularization to Desecularization
1. The Theological Roots of Militant Atheism
2. Evicting God: Forced Secularization in the Soviet Union
3. Faith in Defiance: The Persistence of Religion under Scientific Atheism
4. Russia's Religious Renaissance
5. China's Third Opium War: The CCP's Struggle With Religion
6. Keeping the Faith: The Persistence of Religious Life in Communist China
7. From Religious Anesthesia to Jesus Fever
Conclusion: Man, The State, and God
1. The Theological Roots of Militant Atheism
2. Evicting God: Forced Secularization in the Soviet Union
3. Faith in Defiance: The Persistence of Religion under Scientific Atheism
4. Russia's Religious Renaissance
5. China's Third Opium War: The CCP's Struggle With Religion
6. Keeping the Faith: The Persistence of Religious Life in Communist China
7. From Religious Anesthesia to Jesus Fever
Conclusion: Man, The State, and God
