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720 1 _aKapaló, James A.
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245 0 0 _aThe Secret Police and the Religious Underground in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aThis book addresses the complex intersection of secret police operations and the formation of the religious underground in communist-era Eastern Europe. It discusses how religious groups were perceived as dangerous to the totalitarian state whilst also being extremely vulnerable and yet at the same time very resourceful. It explores how this particular dynamic created the concept of the "religious underground" and produced an extremely rich secret police archival record. In a series of studies from across the region, the book explores the historical and legal context of secret police entanglement with religious groups, presents case studies on particular anti-religious operations and groups, offers methodological approaches to the secret police materials for the study of religions, and engages in contemporary ethical and political debates on the legacy and meaning of the archives in post-communism.
540 _aAll rights reserved
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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aRegional studies
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650 7 _aSocial research & statistics
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653 _asecret police; operations; religious underground; Eastern Europe
720 1 _aKapaló, James A.
_4oth
720 1 _aPovedák , Kinga
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720 1 _aPovedák , Kinga
_4oth
793 0 _aDOAB Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72465
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_zFree-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication
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