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Religion in secular archives : Soviet atheism and historical knowledge /

Russian archives contain a wealth of information on religiosity during the Soviet era, but most of it is written from the hostile perspective of officials and scholars charged with promoting atheism. Based on archival research in locations as diverse as the multi-religious Volga region, Moscow, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luehrmann, Sonja (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Atheism > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Religion.
Athéisme > URSS.
URSS > Religion.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Atheism
Religion
Soviet Union
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Secular archives, religious trouble
  • Acts of documentation: archival genres in anti-religious struggle
  • Mirrored fragments: archives and memory
  • From documents to books, and back: atheist sociology through an archival lens
  • Counter-archives: sympathy on record
  • Epilogue: reversible history and fragile archives.