Communicating Religion and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe

0531665 - SOÚ 2021 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Nešpor, Zdeněk
(Un)willing Fellow or Enemy? The Public Discourse on Religion in Czechoslovakia in the First Two Decades of Communist Rule and the Divergent Responses of the Churches.
Communicating Religion and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020 - (Vorpahl, J.; Schuster, D.), s. 105-120. ISBN 978-3-11-054637-8
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA17-02917S
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : religion * atheism * Czechoslovakia
OECD category: Religious studies

The author examines communist propaganda against religion and responses of particular churches with special regard paid to the first two decades of communist regime in Czechoslovakia. He concludes the ideologues and policymakers were not particularly successful in terms of spreading atheism, and indeed, ironically, they prepared the ground for today’s spiritual revolution in Czech society.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0310283