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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151708203321

Autore

Dunn Dennis J.

Titolo

The Catholic Church and Soviet Russia, 1917-1939 / / Dennis J. Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-40886-4

1-315-40884-8

1-315-40885-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 pages)

Collana

Routledge Religion, Society and Government in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet States ; ; 4

Disciplina

327.45634047

Soggetti

Church and state - Soviet Union

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Background -- 2. Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the Catholic Church -- 3. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church, 1917-1921 -- 4. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church, 1921-1924 -- 5. The Catholic Church and Vatican initiatives, mid-1920s-1930 -- 6. The Kremlin, the Catholic Church, and collectivization, 1928-1933 -- 7. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church under Stalin, 1933-1934 -- 8. Soviet Russia and the Catholic Church under Stalin, 1935-1939 -- 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book, based on extensive research including in the Russian and Vatican archives, charts the development of relations between the Catholic Church and the Soviet Union from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to the death of Pope Pius XI in 1939. It provides background information on the animosity between the Orthodox and Catholic churches and moves towards reconciliation between them, discusses Soviet initiatives to eradicate religion in the Soviet Union and spread atheist international communism throughout the world, and explores the Catholic Church's attempts to survive in the face of persecution within the Soviet Union and extend itself. Throughout the book reveals much new detail on the complex interaction between these two opposing bodies and their respective ideologies.