Religion and the state in Russia and China : suppression survival and revival Introduction: From forced secularization to desecularization The theological roots of militant atheism Evicting God : forced secularization in the Soviet Union Faith in defiance : the persistence of religion under scientific atheism Russias religious renaissance Chinas third opium war : the CCPs struggle with religion Keeping the faith : the persistence of religious life in Communist China From religious anesthesia to Jesus fever Conclusion: Man the state and God