Religion And Identity In Modern Russia
Subtitle: The Revival Of Orthodoxy And Islam (Post-Soviet Politics)
Contributors: Benjamin Forest (Editor); Juliet Johnson (Editor); Marietta T. Stepaniants (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780754642725
Subjects: European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Islam; Orthodox Churches; Politics/International Relations; History; Christianity - Orthodox Churches; Russia; Political Science; Religion - World Religions; Identification (Religion); Christianity - Orthodox; 20th century; Russkaia pravoslavnaia t; Europe - Former Soviet Republics; International Relations - General; Russkaëiìa pravoslavnaëiìa ëtìserkov§; Church history
First sentence: Many foreigners imagined post-Soviet Russia to be a religious wasteland in 1992, picturing it as a country full of "godless communists" yearning for salvation.