Secularism Soviet Style

Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Other Practices, Atheism, History, Asian, Russia, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
Cover of the book Secularism Soviet Style by Sonja Luehrmann, Indiana University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sonja Luehrmann ISBN: 9780253005427
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: November 24, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Sonja Luehrmann
ISBN: 9780253005427
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: November 24, 2011
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Sonja Luehrmann explores the Soviet atheist effort to build a society without gods or spirits and its afterlife in post-Soviet religious revival. Combining archival research on atheist propaganda of the 1960s and 1970s with ethnographic fieldwork in the autonomous republic of Marij El in Russia’s Volga region, Luehrmann examines how secularist culture-building reshaped religious practice and interreligious relations. One of the most palpable legacies of atheist propaganda is a widespread didactic orientation among the population and a faith in standardized programs of personal transformation as solutions to wider social problems. This didactic trend has parallels in globalized forms of Protestantism and Islam but differs from older uses of religious knowledge in rural Russia. At a time when the secularist modernization projects of the 20th century are widely perceived to have failed, Secularism Soviet Style emphasizes the affinities and shared histories of religious and atheist mobilizations.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sonja Luehrmann explores the Soviet atheist effort to build a society without gods or spirits and its afterlife in post-Soviet religious revival. Combining archival research on atheist propaganda of the 1960s and 1970s with ethnographic fieldwork in the autonomous republic of Marij El in Russia’s Volga region, Luehrmann examines how secularist culture-building reshaped religious practice and interreligious relations. One of the most palpable legacies of atheist propaganda is a widespread didactic orientation among the population and a faith in standardized programs of personal transformation as solutions to wider social problems. This didactic trend has parallels in globalized forms of Protestantism and Islam but differs from older uses of religious knowledge in rural Russia. At a time when the secularist modernization projects of the 20th century are widely perceived to have failed, Secularism Soviet Style emphasizes the affinities and shared histories of religious and atheist mobilizations.

More books from Indiana University Press

Cover of the book Becoming Soviet Jews by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book The Writings and Letters of Konrad Wolff by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Ethnographies of the State in Central Asia by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book A Generation of Revolutionaries by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Riding the Rails by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Marrying Out by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Dealing with Dictators by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Consuming Ocean Island by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Transfinite Life by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Indianapolis by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Entrepreneurship in Africa by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book In Service of Emergent India by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book The Phenomenon of Anne Frank by Sonja Luehrmann
Cover of the book Selling Local by Sonja Luehrmann
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy