Transformations of scientific atheism in Ukraine during Perestroyka
Journal: Skhid
Year: 2017

The article deals with the changes in theory and methodology of the Soviet Ukraine scientific atheism of the second half of the 1980's. Three factors affecting transformations in scientific atheism are distinguished by the author: liberalization of state-church relations, desecularization, and public critique of atheism. Published books and articles as well as archives of atheistic institutions are examined on displaying three topics: approaches to religion, the place of religion in public space