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Olof Klohr and the Rise and Fall of Scientific Atheism in East Germany
Olof Klohr and the Rise and Fall of Scientific Atheism in East Germany

Author(s): Jan Tesař
Subject(s): History, History of ideas, Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Book-Review, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: German Democratic Republic (GDR); scientific atheism; communism; Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED);Eastern Bloc; secularization; Olof Klohr; ideology and religion

Summary/Abstract: GUIGO-PATZELT, Eva: Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963 1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion. Abingdon (UK), Routledge 2025, 256 pages, ISBN 978-1-03-270096-0.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/2025
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 956-964
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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