Catholics in the Soviet Union: New Research and New Sources on Everyday Religious Life (1917–1958)
Until now research on religious in Soviet Russia has relied chiefly on documents generated by state, party, and police organs. As instruments of the regime's antireligious campaigns, these documents reflect official policy and reveal little about the everyday life of believers. To fill this gap...
| Published in: | The catholic historical review |
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| Authors: | ; ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
The Catholic University of America Press
[2020]
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Soviet Union
/ Catholic church
/ Everyday life
/ Oppression
/ History 1917-1958
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KDB Roman Catholic Church SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
everyday religious life
B Catholicism B Repression B Sources B Soviet Union |
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| Summary: | Until now research on religious in Soviet Russia has relied chiefly on documents generated by state, party, and police organs. As instruments of the regime's antireligious campaigns, these documents reflect official policy and reveal little about the everyday life of believers. To fill this gap in the documentation and historiography, the Russian Science Foundation has funded a three-year project to identify and publish documents from below—by tapping into those documents transmitted to the West and located in various institutional and private archives. In April 2020 the project organized a conference to discuss the initial results of this new undertaking. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2020.0050 |