This book outlines the theoretical and ideological foundations of Soviet atheism from Feuerbach and Marx to Khrushchev and Andropov, demonstrating that the Soviet intolerance towards any faith in God is an inseparable part of the Marxist-Leninist doctrine and that the persecutions never cease, even during the current showcase tolerance of the top administrations of the state-recognized religious communities, bought by their officials' support for Soviet foreign policies in their public declarations.

Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believer, Vol 2)

Dimitry Pospielovsky

Religion & Spirituality

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The first complete modern history of the Russian Orthodox Church from the revolution to the present day, this unique two-volume work is thoroughly researched original study based on published sources, official Soviet writings, samizdat materials, unpublished biographies, and extensive personal interviews with Russian church leaders and recent émigrés. This remarkable blend of scholarly research and personal reflection provides the reader with an "insider's view" of contemporary Russian church history and religious life. 
Pospielovsky skillfully analyzes the vents which contribute to the mosaic underlying the survival, growth, and often precarious situation of the Russian Orthodox Church today: revolutionary turmoil; the reestablishment of a canonical, patriarchal administration; persecution and the attempt at wholesale liquidation of the Church; schismatic movements and "catacomb" groups; and stunning successes in the ideological competition with Marxist atheism. With its extensive appendices, footnotes, and bibliography, this is a work that is essential reading for scholars, laymen and women, theologians, ecumenical church leaders, statesmen and politicians - all who are concerned for religious freedom and human rights in our modern world. 
The author, Dimitry Pospielovsky, is Associate Professor of History at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

The Russian Church Under the Soviet Regime, 1917-1982 (Volume 2)

St. Vladimirs Seminary Press

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Soviet Antireligious Campaigns and Persecutions (History of Soviet Atheism in Theory and Practice and the Believer, Vol 2)

The Russian Church Under the Soviet Regime, 1917-1982 (Volume 2)