The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War: East and West

@book{citeulike:3018987, abstract = {While the academic study of religion in the former Soviet Union had to contend with an official ideology of scientific atheism, such study in the West- particularly in the United States-was being (re)invented in the 1960s, during the very midst of the Cold War. The twenty-one contributions to this volume-by scholars from North America, Europe, Russia, and eastern Europe-examine the ideological and theological influences on the academic study of religion during the period from 1945 to 1989 and thus raise the question of whether an academic study of religion (Religionswissenschaft) might be defined in ways that avoid the extremes of both ideology and theology.}, citeulike-article-id = {3018987}, comment = {Lease, "Under the Shadows of Ideology: Theology and the Study of Religion under National Socialism, Marxism, and Capitalism," pp. 19-38 in this volume}, editor = {Doležalová, Iva and Martin, Luther H. and Papoušek, Dalibor }, howpublished = {Hardcover}, isbn = {0820451517}, keywords = {academe, history, lease, religion}, posted-at = {2008-07-18 17:51:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Peter Lang Publishing}, series = {Toronto Studies in Religion}, title = {The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War: East and West}, url = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20\&path=ASIN/0820451517}, year = {2001} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:3018987 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3018987 TI - The Academic Study of Religion During the Cold War: East and West SE - Toronto Studies in Religion PB - Peter Lang Publishing SN - 0820451517 N2 - While the academic study of religion in the former Soviet Union had to contend with an official ideology of scientific atheism, such study in the West- particularly in the United States-was being (re)invented in the 1960s, during the very midst of the Cold War. The twenty-one contributions to this volume-by scholars from North America, Europe, Russia, and eastern Europe-examine the ideological and theological influences on the academic study of religion during the period from 1945 to 1989 and thus raise the question of whether an academic study of religion (Religionswissenschaft) might be defined in ways that avoid the extremes of both ideology and theology. KW - academe KW - history KW - lease KW - religion N1 - Lease, "Under the Shadows of Ideology: Theology and the Study of Religion under National Socialism, Marxism, and Capitalism," pp. 19-38 in this volume A2 - Doležalová, Iva A2 - Martin, Luther A2 - Papoušek, Dalibor PY - 2001/// UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0820451517 ER -