Dissent on the margins : how Soviet Jehovah's Witnesses defied communism and lived to preach about it /
Baran offers a compelling history of how a small, American-based religious community, the Jehovah's Witnesses, found its way into the Soviet Union after World War II, survived decades of fierce persecution, and emerged as one of the region's fastest growing religions after the Soviet Union...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Baran offers a compelling history of how a small, American-based religious community, the Jehovah's Witnesses, found its way into the Soviet Union after World War II, survived decades of fierce persecution, and emerged as one of the region's fastest growing religions after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. Through the story of this marginal, often misunderstood faith, this book explores the shifting boundaries of religious dissent, non-conformity, and human rights in the Soviet Union and the successor states of Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : maps (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199367047 (ebook) 0199367043 (ebook) |
