Studying Religions with the Iron Curtain Closed and Opened : The Academic Study of Religion in Eastern Europe.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- The Czech Journey to the Academic Study of Religions: From the Critique of Religion to its Study -- Searching and Finding: A History of the Slovak Study of Religion -- The Development of Religious Studies in Poland: History and the Present State -- The History and Recent Trends of Religionswissenschaft in Hungary -- Estonian Study of Religion: A Historical Outline of the 20th Century Developments -- Development of the Study of Religion in Latvia in the 20th Century -- The History of the Scientific Study of Religion and Current State of Religious Studies in Ukraine -- The Outline of Religious Studies in Russia: Did Soviet Religious Studies Really Exist? -- Index.

The book provides a systematic treatise about the history and present of the Academic study of Religions in the Central and Eastern Europe. The origins of the discipline can be found as late as the early 20th century, but promising beginnings were disrupted by the rise of the Marxist-Leninist critique of religion. After the political changes in 1989, the field is successfully re-established, particularly in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, and Romania.

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