Secularism Soviet Style : Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic

By (author) Luehrmann, Sonja

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.

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[目次]

  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Names Introduction: Atheism, Secularity, and Postsecular Religion I. Affinities 1. Neighbors and Comrades: Secularizing the Mari Country
  • 2. "Go teach:" Methods of Change II. Promises 3. Church Closings and Sermon Circuits
  • 4. Marginal Lessons III. Fissures 5. Visual Aid
  • 6. The Soul and the Spirit IV. Rhythms 7. Lifelong Learning
  • Conclusion: Affinity and Discernment Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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書名 Secularism Soviet Style : Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic
著作者等 Luehrmann, Sonja
書名別名 Teaching Atheism and Religion in a Volga Republic
出版元 Indiana University Press
刊行年月 2011.11.25
ページ数 288p
ISBN 9780253356987
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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