The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe
Kapaló, James A.
The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 - 1 online resource
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This book addresses the complex intersection of secret police operations and the formation of the religious underground in communist-era Eastern Europe. It discusses how religious groups were perceived as dangerous to the totalitarian state whilst also being extremely vulnerable and yet at the same time very resourceful. It explores how this particular dynamic created the concept of the "religious underground" and produced an extremely rich secret police archival record. In a series of studies from across the region, the book explores the historical and legal context of secret police entanglement with religious groups, presents case studies on particular anti-religious operations and groups, offers methodological approaches to the secret police materials for the study of religions, and engages in contemporary ethical and political debates on the legacy and meaning of the archives in post-communism.
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9780367279998 9780429331466 9781032055886
Anti-communist movements--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Post-communism--History--Europe, Eastern--21st century.
Secret service--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Anticommunisme--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--20e siècle.
Postcommunisme--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--21e siècle.
Service secret--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--20e siècle.
Anti-communist movements
Interdisciplinary studies
Post-communism
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Regional / International studies
Religion
Secret service
Social research and statistics
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Sociology
Eastern Europe operations religious underground secret police
The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe - Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 - 1 online resource
Free-to-read
This book addresses the complex intersection of secret police operations and the formation of the religious underground in communist-era Eastern Europe. It discusses how religious groups were perceived as dangerous to the totalitarian state whilst also being extremely vulnerable and yet at the same time very resourceful. It explores how this particular dynamic created the concept of the "religious underground" and produced an extremely rich secret police archival record. In a series of studies from across the region, the book explores the historical and legal context of secret police entanglement with religious groups, presents case studies on particular anti-religious operations and groups, offers methodological approaches to the secret police materials for the study of religions, and engages in contemporary ethical and political debates on the legacy and meaning of the archives in post-communism.
Open licence
eng
9780367279998 9780429331466 9781032055886
Anti-communist movements--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Post-communism--History--Europe, Eastern--21st century.
Secret service--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Anticommunisme--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--20e siècle.
Postcommunisme--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--21e siècle.
Service secret--Histoire--Europe de l'Est--20e siècle.
Anti-communist movements
Interdisciplinary studies
Post-communism
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Regional / International studies
Religion
Secret service
Social research and statistics
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research
Society and Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Sociology
Eastern Europe operations religious underground secret police
