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627 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-607) and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. A fourth there will never be : a brief history of Russian orthodoxy -- Ch. 2. They resign their lives to providence : weaknesses in church and culture -- Ch. 3. Reflections in the minds of men : an introduction to Marxists on religion -- Ch. 4. The fog of religion : Marxists on Christianity and theories of revolutionary timing -- Ch. 5. We have a tsar no more : the importance of the First Church Sobor -- Ch. 6. Shedding tears of my suffering soul : the Civil War, emigre, and Ukrainian churches -- Ch. 7. A stone instead of bread : separation of church and state -- Ch. 8. How, then, about Elijah? : religion and the schools -- Ch. 9. Parades moving along empty streets : Bolshevik attempts to socially undermine the clergy -- Ch. 10. Who knows that I'm married? : reinventing the religious calendar -- Ch. 11. The mountain brings forth a mouse : Bolshevik uses of the 1922 famine -- Ch. 12. The foulest, blackest foe of the working people : trials of the orthodox clergy -- Ch. 13. An unfortunate misunderstanding : the emergence of the Living Church movement -- Ch. 14. A Christian by nature : the Second (Renovationist) Sobor -- Ch. 15. The night will be long and very dark : Patriarch Tikhon's confession, release, death, and will -- Ch. 16. Our joys and successes : the decline of the Living Church and the rise of the Soviet Church -- Ch. 17. The abyss of condemnation : antireligious organizations, a new crackdown, and the catacombs -- Ch. 18. Abolishing God : reassessing propaganda -- Ch. 19. A bandage over the eyes of man : propaganda vehicles and techniques -- Ch. 20. The Black International : the Catholic Church and alleged conspiracies -- Ch. 21. A statesman of the Catholic counterrevolution : trials of the Catholic clergy -- Ch. 22. The greatest menace : sectarians -- Ch. 23. Yes, a miracle! : religious persistence -- Ch. 24. A picture badly out of focus : proximate causes of failure -- Ch. 25. An elemental impulse : ultimate causes of failure. |
| Summary |
"And God Created Lenin, based on over two hundred sources, is a narrative that digs deep into the conflict between Lenin's overly logical drive to stamp out religion and the Christian churches' passionate attempts to save themselves from obliteration. This work of history and religion looks at both sides objectively and admits that each side was partially justified."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924.
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Communism and Christianity -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Church and state -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Persecution -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Soviet Union -- Church history.
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936.
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Church and state. (OCoLC)fst00860509
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Communism and Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00870466
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Persecution. (OCoLC)fst01058354
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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| Chronological Term |
1917-1936
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| Genre/Form |
Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
1591023068 |
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9781591023067 |
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1591023289 |
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9781591023289 |
| Standard No. |
99965691519 |
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