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, 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: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 211/.8091717; Social sciences; Communism and religion -- Eurasia; Secularism -- Communist countries; Secularism -- Eurasia; RELIGION -- Agnosticism; Religion & politics -- Europe -- Asia; Marxism & Communism -- Europe -- Asia; Communism and religion; Religion; Secularism; Religion; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Political Science -- History & Theory; Philosophy -- Religious; Religion & beliefs; Religious issues & debates; Political science & theory; Philosophy of religion; Religion and sociology; Political theory; Philosophy; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Communist countries -- Religion; Eurasia -- Religion; Communist countries; Eurasia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137438386; 9781349683703; 1349683701
• Related ISBNs: 113743838X; 9781137438379
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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