03468namaa2200733uu 4500 oapen51126 oapen 20251217011903.0 a||||fo|||||||||0| cr|mn|---annan 240424s2021a||||fo|||||||||0|eng d 1248600099 OCoLC 9780367279998 9780429331466 9781032055886 (OCoLC)1248600099 oapen oapen eng dc G thema GT thema GTM thema J thema JH thema JHB thema JHBC thema Kapaló, James A. aut The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe Taylor & Francis Routledge [Imprint] 2021 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star 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 https://oapen.org/article/rights eng Anti-communist movements Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Post-communism Europe, Eastern History 21st century. Secret service Europe, Eastern History 20th century. Anticommunisme Europe de l'Est Histoire 20e siècle. Postcommunisme Europe de l'Est Histoire 21e siècle. Service secret Europe de l'Est Histoire 20e siècle. Anti-communist movements fast Interdisciplinary studies thema Post-communism fast Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects thema Regional / International studies thema Religion fast Secret service fast Social research and statistics thema SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research bisacsh Society and Social Sciences thema Sociology and anthropology thema Sociology thema Eastern Europe operations religious underground secret police Kapaló, James A. edt Povedák , Kinga edt OAPEN Library. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51126 Free-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication 0 37899 37899