The Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2022
Editors:	James A. Kapalo • Kinga Povedak
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-27999-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-367-27999-1
Barcode:	9780367279998

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