Religion and the State in Russia and China Suppression, Survival, and Revival [Paperback]

Christopher Marsh is Professor of Political Science and Director of the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University. The author of several books, including Unparalleled Reforms: China's Rise, Russia's Fall, and the Interdependence of Transition (Lexington Books, 2005), he also serves as editor of the Journal of Church & State (Oxford UP). Dr. Marsh speaks Russian and Chinese and has conducted field research across Eurasia.

Introduction: From Forced Secularization to Desecularization1. The Theological Roots of Militant Atheism2. Evicting God: Forced Secularization in the Soviet Union3. Faith in Defiance: The Persistence of Religion under Scientific Atheism4. Russia's Religious Renaissance5. China's Third Opium War: The CCP's Struggle With Religion6. Keeping the Faith: The Persistence of Religious Life in Communist China7. From Religious Anesthesia to Jesus FeverConclusion: Man, The State, and God