Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century

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,...

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description 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. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons-Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1592652025-06-24T05:40:24Z Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century Guigo-Patzelt, Eva Communism Atheism Secularism Non-belief Religious Religion Eastern Europe Soviet History Socialism Marxist-Leninist Marxism European Politics Church thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAM Religious issues and debates::QRAM2 Religion and politics thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements 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. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons-Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. 2025-05-13T04:15:07Z 2025-05-13T04:15:07Z 2025-05-12T12:44:22Z 2025 book ONIX_20250512_9781040384718_16 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101617 9781040384718 9781032938530 9781003603184 9781040384756 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159265 eng Routledge Studies in Religion open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101617/1/9781040384718.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101617/1/9781040384718.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003603184 10.4324/9781003603184 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 8837f4f0-d35a-4e00-a7c2-b1f30d980b24 9781040384718 9781032938530 9781003603184 9781040384756 Routledge 174 Oxford [...] open access
spellingShingle Communism
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Secularism
Non-belief
Religious
Religion
Eastern Europe
Soviet
History
Socialism
Marxist-Leninist
Marxism
European
Politics
Church
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAM Religious issues and debates::QRAM2 Religion and politics
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements
Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title_full Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title_fullStr Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title_full_unstemmed Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title_short Communist Perspectives on Atheism in the Twentieth Century
title_sort communist perspectives on atheism in the twentieth century
topic Communism
Atheism
Secularism
Non-belief
Religious
Religion
Eastern Europe
Soviet
History
Socialism
Marxist-Leninist
Marxism
European
Politics
Church
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAM Religious issues and debates::QRAM2 Religion and politics
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements
topic_facet Communism
Atheism
Secularism
Non-belief
Religious
Religion
Eastern Europe
Soviet
History
Socialism
Marxist-Leninist
Marxism
European
Politics
Church
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPF Political ideologies and movements::JPFC Far-left political ideologies and movements
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