Provides a systematic and accessible overview of church-state relations in the Soviet Union. This text explores the shaping of Soviet religious policy from the

Making use of newly available archive material, this book provides the first systematic and accessible overview of church state relations in the Soviet Union. J

The Soviet government's attitude to religion in theory and practice is shown in this wide-ranging collection of annotated texts from the newly-opened archives.

This book provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of Eastern Christian churches in Europe, the Middle East, America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Written

Religion and science were fundamental aspects of Eastern European communist political culture from the very beginning, and remained in uneasy tension across the