Atheist secularism and its discontents: a comparative study of religion and communism in Eurasia

Atheist Secularism and Its Discontents takes a comparative approach to understanding religion under communism, arguing that communism was integral to the global experience of secularism. Bringing together leading researchers whose work spans the Eurasian continent, it shows that appropriating religion was central to Communist political practices

Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Atheist Secularism and Its Discontents -- Part I Genealogies -- 2 God and the Vietnamese Revolution: Religious Organizations in the Emergence of Today's Vietnam -- 3 The Socialist Interregnum and Buddhist Resurgence in Laos -- 4 Conflict and Coexistence of Church and State Authorities in (Post)Communist Poland