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Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution

Robert F Goeckel

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Description:At the intersection of faith, culture and politics, this in-depth study examines the effects of Soviet religious policy in Baltic states after WWII.While Russia was a predominantly Orthodox country, the Baltic states it annexed after the Second World War--such as Estonia and Latvia--featured Lutheran and Catholic churches as the state religion. Based on extensive research into official Soviet archives, some of which are no longer available to scholars, Robert Goeckel explores how central religious policy accommodated these differing traditions and the extent to which these churches either reflected or subverted nationalist ideals.Goeckel argues that national cultural affinity with Christianity helped to provide a basis for the eventual challenge to the USSR. The Singing Revolution restored independence to Estonia and Latvia, and while Catholic and Lutheran churches may not have played a central role in this restoration, Goeckel shows how they nonetheless played harmony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution. To get started finding Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 274

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: 2018

ISBN: 0253036127

Description: At the intersection of faith, culture and politics, this in-depth study examines the effects of Soviet religious policy in Baltic states after WWII.While Russia was a predominantly Orthodox country, the Baltic states it annexed after the Second World War--such as Estonia and Latvia--featured Lutheran and Catholic churches as the state religion. Based on extensive research into official Soviet archives, some of which are no longer available to scholars, Robert Goeckel explores how central religious policy accommodated these differing traditions and the extent to which these churches either reflected or subverted nationalist ideals.Goeckel argues that national cultural affinity with Christianity helped to provide a basis for the eventual challenge to the USSR. The Singing Revolution restored independence to Estonia and Latvia, and while Catholic and Lutheran churches may not have played a central role in this restoration, Goeckel shows how they nonetheless played harmony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution. To get started finding Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia: Playing Harmony in the Singing Revolution, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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