Religion and Secular Modernity in Russian Christianity Judaism and Atheism

<p><strong><em>Religion and Secular Modernity in Russian Christianity Judaism and Atheism</em> is a multifaceted account of the engagement between religion and the secular in Russia's Christian Jewish and atheist traditions.</strong> Ana Siljak brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to present unique perspectives on the secularization dynamic in Russia and the Soviet Union telling stories about theologians sects churches poets and artists. </p><p><br></p><p>From the Jewish Christian priest Alexander Men to the cross-dressing poet Zinaida Gippius to the Soviet promoter of Yiddish theater Solomon Mikhoels <em>Religion and Secular Modernity in Russian Christianity Judaism</em> <em>and Atheism</em> gives a voice to a variety of actors who have grappled with the possibilities of faith and unbelief in an industrialized modern and seemingly secular world. Now more than ever as one narrative of Russia's religious history dominates official Russian accounts alternative perspectives of the relationship between Russian religion and secularism should be highlighted and emphasized.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>