Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia : Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution /

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"Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia considers what impact Western religious culture had on Soviet religious policy. While Russia was a predominantly Orthodox country, Baltic states annexed after WWII, such as Estonia and Latvia, featured Lutheran and Catholic churches as the state re...

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Main Author: Goeckel, Robert F., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Church and state.
HISTORY > Europe > Baltic States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
1900 - 1999.
Église et État > Lettonie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Église et État > Estonie > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Church and state > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Church and state > Latvia > History > 20th century.
Church and state > Estonia > History > 20th century.
Soviet Union.
Latvia.
Estonia.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Studying Soviet policy toward religion and the church in Latvia and Estonia
  • The early Stalinization process, 1944-1949
  • The period of high Stalinism, 1949-1953
  • The post-Stalin thaw, 1953-1957
  • Renewed repression and international opening under Khrushchev, 1958-1964
  • Detente and stagnation in the Brezhnev era, 1964-1985
  • Perestroika and religious policy in the Baltics: playing harmony in the Singing Revolution, 1985-1991
  • Conclusion: the contours of Baltic exceptionalism in Soviet religious policy ... and its limits.

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