The Plot to Kill God – Findings From the Soviet Experiment in Secularization - Hardcover

Froese, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520255283 ISBN 13: 9780520255289

Publisher: University of California Press, 2008

Synopsis

Paul Froese explores the nature of religious faith in a provocative examination of the most massive atheism campaign in human history. That campaign occurred after the 1917 Russian Revolution, when Soviet plans for a new Marxist utopia included the total eradication of all religion. Even though the Soviet Union's attempt to secularize its society was quite successful at crushing the institutional and ritual manifestations of religion, its leaders were surprised at the persistence of religious belief. Froese's account reveals how atheism, when taken to its extreme, can become as dogmatic and oppressive as any religious faith and illuminates the struggle for individual expression in the face of social repression.

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Review:

"Readers seeking ... debates on scientific atheism and social science critiques of religion will find ample food for thought here."--Russian Review "Provide[s] some valuable insights."--Journal of World History

About the Author:

Paul Froese is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Baylor University and a fellow at the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0520255283
• ISBN 13: 9780520255289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256