The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War

East and West (Toronto Studies in Religion)

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The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War

East and West (Toronto Studies in Religion)

"While the academic study of religion in the former Soviet Union had to contend with an official ideology of scientific atheism, such study in the West - particularly in the United States - was being (re)invented in the 1960s, during the very midst of the Cold War.

The twenty-one contributions to this volume - by scholars from North America, Europe, Russia, and eastern Europe - examine the ideological and theological influences on the academic study of religion during the period from 1945 to 1989 and thus raise the question of whether an academic study of religion (Religionswissenschaft) might be defined in ways that avoid the extremes of both ideology and theology."--BOOK JACKET.

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English
Pages
336

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The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War: East and West (Toronto Studies in Religion)
July 2001, Peter Lang Publishing
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Library of Congress
BL41 .A24 2001, BL41.A24 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
Weight
12.8 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL11396504M
Internet Archive
academicstudyofr0027unse
ISBN 10
0820451517
ISBN 13
9780820451510
LCCN
00049730
OCLC/WorldCat
45172854

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"While the academic study of religion in the former Soviet Union had to contend with an official ideology of scientific atheism, such study in the West - particularly in the United States - was being (re)invented in the 1960s, during the very midst of the Cold War.

The twenty-one contributions to this volume - by scholars from North America, Europe, Russia, and eastern Europe - examine the ideological and theological influences on the academic study of religion during the period from 1945 to 1989 and thus raise the question of whether an academic study of religion (Religionswissenschaft) might be defined in ways that avoid the extremes of both ideology and theology."--Jacket.

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