Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR / / James Thrower.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• VerfasserIn: Thrower, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (500 p.)
• Other title: I-XXVIII --; PART ONE: THE THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION --; 1. The Classical Marxist Critique of Religion --; 2. The Marxist-Leninist Critique of Religion --; PART TWO: 'SCIENTIFICAL ATHEISM' AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND ATHEISM IN THE USSR --; 3. Prolegomena: The Programme of 'Scientific Atheism' --; 4. The Contemporary 'Scientific Atheist' Critique of Religion --; 5. The History of Religion --; 6. The History of Atheism, Free-Thinking and Humanism --; 7. 'Scientific Atheism' and the 'Concrete' Sociological Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR --; PART THREE: CRITIQUE OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION --; 8. The Marxist-Leninist Understanding of Religion --; 9. Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' as the Science of Religion --; 10. Conclusion --; Appendices --; I. The 1954 and 1963 resolutions of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union: 'On errors in the conduct of scientific and atheist propaganda among the populace' and on 'elimination of survivals of capitalism in the minds and behaviour of people' --; II. Content of courses in 'scientific atheism' --; III. S. A. Tokarev on the history of religion --; IV. Bibliographical survey of Soviet work relating to Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110838589; 9783110638103; 9783110233964
• ISSN: 0080-0848
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110838589
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James Thrower.