Atheist secularism and its discontents : a comparative study of religion and communism in Eurasia /: a comparative study of religion and communism in Eurasia. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Tam T.T. Ngo and Justine B. Quijada.
• Editors: Ngo, Tam T. T, 1980-; Quijada, Justine B, 1973-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Atheist Secularism and Its Discontents; Tam T. T. Ngo; Justine B. Quijada; PART I: GENEALOGIES; 2. God and the Vietnamese Revolution: Religious Organizations in the Emergence of Today's Vietnam; Jayne Werner; 3. The Socialist Interregnum and Buddhist Resurgence in Laos; Grant Evans; 4. Conflict and Coexistence of Church and State Authorities in (Post)Communist Poland; Agnieszka Pasieka; 5. Secularization without Secularism: The Political-Religious Configuration of Post-89 China; Ji Zhe; 6. North Korea's Culture of Commemoration; Heonik Kwon; 7. Was Soviet Society Secular? Undoing Equations between Communism and Religion; Sonja Luehrmann; PART II: CREATIVE DESTRUCTION; 8. Apologetics of Religion and Science: Conversion Projects in Contemporary China; Dan Smyer Yu; 9. Perun vs Jesus Christ: Communism and the emergence of Neo-paganism in the USSR; Victor A. Shnirelman; 10. Conversion to Be: The Christian Encounters of North Korean Migrants in Late Cold War Korea; Jin-heon Jung; 11. The Role of Religious Art in Post-communist Russia; Clemena Antonova; 12. Chinese Socialism and the Household Idiom of Religious Engagement; Adam Yuet Chau; 13. Awkward Secularity between Atheism and New Religiosity in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan; Mathjis Pelkmans
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 211.8091717; Communism and religion -- Eurasia; Secularism -- Communist countries; Secularism -- Eurasia; Sociology of Religion; Atheism; Religion, Politics & State; Regional Studies; Sociology: customs & traditions; Regional studies; Marxism & Communism; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Communist countries -- Religion; Eurasia -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137438393; 1137438398
• Related ISBNs: 9781137438379
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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