Studying religions with the iron curtain closed and opened
Subtitle: the academic study of religion in Eastern Europe
By: Edited by Tomáš Bubík and Henryk Hoffmann
Series: Numen Book Series : Studies in the history of religions -- volume 149
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789004283077; 9789004292789
Subjects: Religion; History; Study and teaching (Higher); Religions
Description: Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Open. The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe offers an account of the research focused on the origins, development and the current situation of the Study of Religions in the 20th century in countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. Special attention is devoted to the ideological influences determining the interpretation of religion, especially connected with the rise of Marxist-Leninist criticism of religion. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes index.