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Goeckel. 264 1 Bloomington, Indiana :|bIndiana University Press,|c[2018] 300 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bn|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bnc|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: Studying Soviet policy toward religion and the church in Latvia and Estonia -- The early Stalinization process, 1944-1949 -- The period of high Stalinism, 1949-1953 -- The post-Stalin thaw, 1953-1957 -- Renewed repression and international opening under Khrushchev, 1958-1964 -- Detente and stagnation in the Brezhnev era, 1964-1985 -- Perestroika and religious policy in the Baltics: playing harmony in the Singing Revolution, 1985-1991 -- Conclusion: the contours of Baltic exceptionalism in Soviet religious policy ... and its limits. 520 "Soviet Religious Policy in Estonia and Latvia considers what impact Western religious culture had on Soviet religious policy. While Russia was a predominantly Orthodox country, Baltic states annexed after WWII, such as Estonia and Latvia, featured Lutheran and Catholic churches as the state religion. Robert Goeckel explores how Soviet religious policy accommodated differing traditions and the extent to which these churches either reflected nationalist consciousness or offered an opportunity for subversion of Soviet ideals. Goeckel considers what negotiating power these organizations might have had with the Soviet state and traces differences in policy between Moscow and local bureaucracies. Based on extensive research into official Soviet archives, some of which are no longer available to scholars, Goeckel provides fascinating insight into the relationship between central political policies and church responses to those shifting policies in the USSR. Goeckel argues that national cultural affinity with Christianity remained substantial despite plummeting rates of religious adherence. He makes the case that this affinity helped to provide a diffuse basis for the eventual challenge to the USSR. The Singing Revolution restored independence to Estonia and Latvia, and while Catholic and Lutheran churches may not have played a central role in this restoration, Goeckel shows how they nonetheless played harmony"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2018). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 648 7 20th century|2fast 648 7 1900-1999|2fast 650 0 Church and state|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85025534|zEstonia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n82253985-781|xHistory|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 650 0 Church and state|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/ sh85025534|zLatvia|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n80150219-781|xHistory|y20th century.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 650 0 Church and state|zSoviet Union|xHistory|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025557|y20th century. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 650 7 Church and state.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 860509 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 651 7 Estonia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1223630 651 7 Latvia.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210821 651 7 Soviet Union.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210281 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aGoeckel, Robert F., 1951-|tSoviet religious policy in Estonia and Latvia.|dBloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]|z9780253036155 |w(DLC) 2018014996 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1866049|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. 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