Religion in Russia After the Collapse of Communism: Religious Renaissance or Secular State (Edwin Mellen Press Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Kaariainen, Kimmo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773482830 ISBN 13: 9780773482838

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Marx's opiate of the people--particularly the venerable Russian Orthodox Church--has emerged as an important integrating factor in post-communist Russia, with a 1990 law officially enshrining principles of religious tolerance and freedom. Utilizing the three World Values surveys conducted by the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, between 1991 and 1996, the author (affiliation unspecified) analyzes the data in a multidimensional study of the transformation in religiousness in the context of Russia's history of compulsory secularization. The interview samples are deemed representative of the traditionally Christian majority population, but not of the Muslim. Although the pendulum has swung back toward religion, the current "pick-and-mix" brand mirrors the pluralism of capitalist countries. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0773482830
• ISBN 13: 9780773482838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 201