Dissent on the margins : how Soviet Jehovah's Witnesses defied Communism and lived to preach about it
Emily B. Baran (Author)
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
Church history
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9780199945542, 9780199367047, 0199945543, 0199367043
922925680
List of Abbreviations ; Map ; Introduction ; Chapter One: Jehovah's Servants in Soviet Lands: A Prehistory ; Chapter Two: "I Will Be His Witness Until Death" ; Chapter Three: Divide and Conquer ; Chapter Four: The Lives of Soviet Witnesses ; Chapter Five: Preaching Atheism ; Chapter Six: The Path to Legalization ; Chapter Seven: The Post-Soviet Harvest ; Chapter Eight: Freedom and Opposition ; Conclusion ; Notes ; References ; Index
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