State atheism (English Wikipedia)

Haas 1997, p. 231, Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress: The dismal fate of new nations: "Yet the revolutionary leaders managed to score progress toward making the country a rationalized nation-state, as shown in table 5-3. Revolts continued to plague Mexico, some due to continuing rivalries among the leaders. The bloody Cristero Revolt (1926-29), however, was fought by devout peasants against an atheist state." Haas, Ernst B. (1997). Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress: The dismal fate of new nations. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3109-8.
O'Brien 1993, p. 108, The state of religion atlas: "Atheism continues to be the official position of the governments of China, North Korea and Cuba." O'Brien, Joanne (1993). The state of religion atlas. Palmer, Martin., Barrett, David B., Swanston Graphics Limited. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-79376-0. OCLC 28585951.
Ramet, Sabrina Petra., ed. (1993). Religious Policy in the Soviet Union. Cambridge University Press. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-521-41643-6.
Anderson 1994, p. 3 Anderson, John (1994). Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511598838. ISBN 978-0-511-59883-8.^{[permanent dead link]}
Peris 1998, p. 2, Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless Peris, Daniel (1998). Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3485-3.
Peris 1998, p. 2, Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless: "The League's Central Council in Moscow published its own newspaper, Bezbozhnik (The Godless), several other Russian-language journals, and propaganda materials in many other languages of the Soviet Union. Antireligious pamphlets and posters were printed in large numbers. The League's far-flung network of cells and councils sponsored lectures, organized demonstrations, and actively propagandized against religious observance. Leading Bolshevik figures gave speeches at the League's national congress in 1929, at which the League officially became "Militant." The Communist Party, the Komsomol, the trade unions, the Red Army, and Soviet schools all conducted antireligious propaganda, but the League was the organizational centerpiece of this effort to bring atheism to the masses." Peris, Daniel (1998). Storming the Heavens: The Soviet League of the Militant Godless. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3485-3.
Gellately & Kiernan 2006, p. 30, The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective:"Pol Pot's Cambodia perpetrated genocide against several ethnic groups, systematically dispersed national minorities by force, and forbade the use of minority and foreign languages. It also banned the practice of religion. The Khmer Rouge repressed Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism, but its fiercest extermination campaign was directed at the ethnic Cham Muslim minority." Gellately, Robert; Kiernan, Ben (2006). "Twentieth-Century Genocides Underlying Ideological Themes from Armenia to East Timor". The specter of genocide: mass murder in historical perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82063-9. OCLC 893888702.
Ruiz 1992, p. 392, Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo (1992). Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-393-31066-5.
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Clarke 2009, p. 94, Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize Clarke, Duncan (February 1, 2009). Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa's Oil Prize. Profile Books. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-84765-455-7.
Kideckel & Halpern 2000, p. 165, Neighbors at War: Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture, and History Kideckel, David; Halpern, Joel (2000). Neighbors at War: Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture, and History. Penn State Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-271-04435-4.
Salter 2000, p. 282, Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases: "Democratic Kampuchea was officially an atheist state, and the persecution of religion by the Khmer Rouge was matched in severity only by the persecution of religion in the communist states of Albania and North Korea, so there were not any direct historical continuities of Buddhism into the Democratic Kampuchea era." Salter, Richard C. (2000). "Time, Authority, and Ethics in the Khmer Rouge: Elements of the Millennial Vision in Year Zero". In Wessinger, Catherine (ed.). Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases. Syracuse University Press. pp. 281–298. ISBN 978-0-8156-0599-7.
Clark & Decalo 2012, Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo - ^{[page needed]} Clark, John F.; Decalo, Samuel (2012-08-09). Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7989-8.
Mallin 1994, Covering Castro: Rise and Decline of Cuba's Communist Dictator - ^{[page needed]} Mallin, Jay (1 January 1994). Covering Castro: Rise and Decline of Cuba's Communist Dictator. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-2053-0.
Ramet 1998, p. 125, Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia Ramet, Sabrina (1998). Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-2070-8.
Zuckerman 2009, Atheism and Secularity. - ^{[page needed]} Zuckerman, Phil. (2009). Atheism and Secularity. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-35182-2. OCLC 609858051.
Haas 1997, p. 231, Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress: The dismal fate of new nations: "Yet the revolutionary leaders managed to score progress toward making the country a rationalized nation-state, as shown in table 5-3. Revolts continued to plague Mexico, some due to continuing rivalries among the leaders. The bloody Cristero Revolt (1926-29), however, was fought by devout peasants against an atheist state." Haas, Ernst B. (1997). Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress: The dismal fate of new nations. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3109-8.
Sanders 2003, Historical Dictionary of Mongolia - ^{[page needed]} Sanders, Alan (April 9, 2003). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8108-7452-7.
Temperman 2010, pp. 141–145, State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law : Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Brill Academic/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-18148-9.
Leustean 2009, p. 92, Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania: "was to transform Romania into a communist atheist society." Leustean, Lucian (2009). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65. la University of Michigan. ISBN 978-0-230-59494-4.
Dodd 2003, p. 571, The rough guide to Vietnam: "After 1975, the Marxist-Leninist government of reunified Vietnam declared the state atheist while theoretically allowing people the right to practice their religion under the constitution." Dodd, Jan. (2003). The rough guide to Vietnam (7th ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-4053-8973-0. OCLC 762991000.
Bullivant & Lee 2016, p. 74, A Dictionary of Atheism: "State Atheism is the name given to the incorporation of positive atheism or non-theism into political regimes, particularly associated with Soviet systems. State Atheisms have tended to be as much anti-clerical and anti-religious as they are anti-theist, and typically place heavy restrictions on acts of religious organization and the practice of religion. State Atheist regimes are sometimes seen as examples of political secularism because they entail a nonreligious form of government; these regimes are even sometimes described as 'radically secularist'. However, where political secularism is understood as political neutrality towards religion or religions, or even political neutrality towards any worldview or existential culture including not only theist but also atheist examples, State Atheism is considered non-secular." Bullivant, Stephen; Lee, Lois (2016). A Dictionary of Atheism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-181681-9.
Bullivant & Ruse 2015, pp. 461–462, The Oxford handbook of atheism: "As we look elsewhere around the world, the dynamics of secularization and religionization are even more complex. The largest-scale experiments in secularization — state atheisms — have had mixed outcomes. In the former Soviet Union, as in China, Communist 'scientific: 'militant', or 'practical' atheism has unquestionably had some secularizing effect overall. But the story—or history—does not end there. As the former Soviet countries illustrate, long-term effects of the experiment are uneven. It took hold more profoundly in, for example, eastern Germany or the Czech Republic than in Poland. Armenia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, or Uzbekistan, among others (Froese 2004; see Irena Borowik, Branko Ana& and Radoslaw Tyrala's 'Central and Eastern Europe)." Bullivant, Stephen Sebastien; Ruse, Michael (2015). The Oxford handbook of atheism. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874507-5. OCLC 936352170.
Temperman 2010, pp. 140–141, State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law : Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance: "Before the end of the Cold War, many Communist States did not shy away from being openly hostile to religion. In most instances, communist ideology translated unperturbedly into state atheism, which, in turn, triggered measures aimed at the eradication of religion. As much was acknowledged by some Communist Constitutions. The 1976 Constitution of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, for instance, was firmly based on a Marxist dismissal of religion as the opiate of the masses. It provided: "The state recognizes no religion of any kind and supports and develops the atheist view so as to ingrain in to the people the scientific and materialistic world-view." Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Brill Academic/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-18148-9.
Franken & Loobuyck 2011, p. 152, Religious Education in a Plural, Secularised Society. A Paradigm Shift: "In this model, atheism is a state doctrine. Instead, it is regarded as an official state policy, aiming to eradicate all sympathy for religious ideas, and the idea that God exists in particular. The adherents of political atheism make a plea for an atheist state that has to foster atheist convictions in its citizenry." Franken, Leni; Loobuyck, Patrick (2011). Religious Education in a Plural, Secularised Society. A Paradigm Shift. Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8309-7543-4.
Eller 2014, p. 254, Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate.: "After the communist revolution of 1949, the People's Republic of China adopted a policy of official state atheism. Based on Marxist thinking that religion is class exploitation and false consciousness, the communist regime suppressed religion, "re-educated" believers and religious leaders, and destroyed religious buildings or converted them to non-religious uses." Eller, Jack David (2014). Introducing Anthropology of Religion: Culture to the Ultimate. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-02491-5.
Bullivant & Ruse 2015, p. 626, The Oxford handbook of atheism: "There have been only a few comparative analyses of atheism carried out in the CEE region. One of the few attempts of this kind is that undertaken by Sinita Zrinkak (see 2004). Comparing different types of generational responses to atheism in several CEE countries, on the basis of studies carried out in these countries and based on data from the EVS, he distinguishes three groups of countries in the region. The first group comprises countries in which state atheism had the most severe consequences... This group includes such countries as Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria." Bullivant, Stephen Sebastien; Ruse, Michael (2015). The Oxford handbook of atheism. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874507-5. OCLC 936352170.
Hertzke 2006, p. 43, Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights: "Cuba is the only country in the Americas that has attempted to impose state atheism, and since the 1960s onward its jails have been filled with pastors and other believers." Hertzke, Allen D. (2006). Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-4732-2.
Hertzke 2006, p. 44, Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights: "The North Korea government not only imposed state-sanctioned atheism, it also mandated a totalitarian personality worship of Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II. This meant that the regime combined traditional Communist persecution of religion with a state-mandated faith we associate with Iranian mullahs or the Taliban. Thus "enemies of the state" are also treated as heretics." Hertzke, Allen D. (2006). Freeing God's Children: The Unlikely Alliance for Global Human Rights. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-4732-2.
O'Brien 1993, p. 108, The state of religion atlas: "Atheism continues to be the official position of the governments of China, North Korea and Cuba." O'Brien, Joanne (1993). The state of religion atlas. Palmer, Martin., Barrett, David B., Swanston Graphics Limited. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-79376-0. OCLC 28585951.
Temperman 2010, p. 120, State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law : Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance: "A constitutional declaration of secularity means, first and foremost, that the state does not wish to invoke religion as a justification for its authority, actions and decisions. It must be emphasized that proclamations of secularity, both historically and presently, in the majority of cases denote official impartiality in matters of religion rather than official 'irreligiosity'. Secular states in that respect should certainly not be confused with declared atheist or anti religious states. " Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Brill Academic/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-18148-9.
Temperman 2010, p. 140, State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law : Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance: "Although the historical underlying incentives that accompanied the establishment of a secular state may have been characterized by criticism of certain religious doctrines or practices, presently a state of secularity in itself does not necessarily reflect value judgements about religion. In other words, state secularism does not come down to an official rejection of religion. State secularism denotes an intention on the part of the state to not affiliate itself with religion, to not consider itself a priori bound by religious principles (unless they are reformulated into secular state laws) and to not seek to justify its actions by invoking religion. Such a state of secularity denotes official impartiality in matters of religion rather than official irreligiosity. By contrast, secularism as a philosophical notion can indeed be construed as an ideological defense of the secular cause, which might include criticism of or scepticism towards religion. Thus, states that are 'ideologically secular' and that declare secular world-views the official state doctrine give evidence, explicitly or by implication, of judgements about the value of religion within society. Most versions of state communism, for instance, embrace Marxist criticism of religion." Temperman, Jeroen (2010). State-Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Brill Academic/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-04-18148-9.
Raines 2002, pp. 5–6, Marx on Religion Raines, John C. (March 2002). Marx on Religion. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-805-0.
Baggini 2003, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction Baggini, Julian (26 June 2003). Atheism: A Very Short Introduction. OUP Oxford. pp. 82–90. ISBN 978-0-19-280424-2.
Thrower 1983, Marxist-Leninist "Scientific Atheism" and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR: "As an integral part of the Marxist–Leninist world-view, 'scientific atheism' is grounded in the view of the world and of Man enshrined in dialectical [materialism] and historical materialism: The study of scientific atheism brings to light an integral part of the Marxist–Leninist world-view. Being a philosophical science, scientific atheism emanates from the basic tenets of dialectical and historical materialism, both in explaining the origin of religion, and its scientific criticism of [religion]. (ibid., p. 272.)" Thrower, James (1983). Marxist-Leninist "Scientific Atheism" and the Study of Religion and Atheism in the USSR. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-90-279-3060-6.
Adam & Stewart 1878, p. 577, Canadian Monthly and National Review:Communism Adam, Graeme Mercer; Stewart, George (1878). The Canadian Monthly and National Review:Communism. Adam, Stevenson & Company.
Epstein, Genis & Vladiv-Glover 2016, p. 379, Russian Postmodernism : New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture: "The seven decades of Soviet atheism, whether one calls it "mass atheism," "scientific atheism," "state atheism," was unquestionably a new phenomenon in world history." Epstein, Mikhail N.; Genis, Alexander A.; Vladiv-Glover, Slobodanka M. (2016). Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-78238-864-7.
Anderson 1994, pp. 3–4, Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states Anderson, John (1994). Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511598838. ISBN 978-0-511-59883-8.^{[permanent dead link]}
Fitzpatrick 1996, p. 33, Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization Fitzpatrick, Sheila (1996). Stalin's Peasants: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510459-2.
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Atwood 2001, p. 311: "The Soviets moved quickly against the Russian Orthodox Church in 1918. Most church lands became the property of the state, but the state refused to pay the salaries of the clergy. Education was taken out of the church's hands, and the state legally recognized only civil marriages. Many church leaders responded by supporting the anti-revolutionaries and tsarists. Thousands of priests and monks perished in the civil war and subsequent repression. In 1929, Stalin instituted harsher measures against religion. The state strictly controlled the publication of religious books, including the Bible. Confirmed Christians could not teach in schools or join the Communist party. The erection of new church buildings was forbidden and many former church buildings were desecrated or used to promote anti-Christian propaganda. For slightly more than a decade, the week officially contained only six days because the Christian Sabbath had been simply removed .... the Stalinist campaign against religion was directed against Jews and Muslims as well, particularly in the southern Soviet republics. As many as ninety percent of the churches, mosques, and synagogues that had been in existence in 1917 had been forcibly closed, converted, or destroyed by 1940." Atwood, Craig (2001). Always Reforming: A History of Christianity Since 1300. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. ISBN 978-0-86554-679-0.
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Gellately & Kiernan 2006, p. 30, The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective:"Pol Pot's Cambodia perpetrated genocide against several ethnic groups, systematically dispersed national minorities by force, and forbade the use of minority and foreign languages. It also banned the practice of religion. The Khmer Rouge repressed Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism, but its fiercest extermination campaign was directed at the ethnic Cham Muslim minority." Gellately, Robert; Kiernan, Ben (2006). "Twentieth-Century Genocides Underlying Ideological Themes from Armenia to East Timor". The specter of genocide: mass murder in historical perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82063-9. OCLC 893888702.
Wielander 2013, p. 1, Christian Values in Communist China.: "The PRC is officially an atheist state well known for its persecution and destruction of religion and its material manifestations during the Cultural Revolution." Wielander, Gerda (2013). Christian Values in Communist China. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-97604-2. OCLC 860626352.
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Sanders 2003, p. 406, Historical Dictionary of Mongolia: "The MPRP propagated atheism, but in the 1960s, the communist government began low-level support for Lamaism, seeing it as a vehicle for propaganda in Asian Buddhist countries." Sanders, Alan (April 9, 2003). Historical Dictionary of Mongolia. Scarecrow Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8108-7452-7.
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Lobkowicz 1964, p. 319, - (subscription required) Karl Marx's Attitude toward Religion: "Marx, of course, was an atheist." Lobkowicz, N. (1964). "Karl Marx's Attitude toward Religion". The Review of Politics. 26 (3): 319–352. doi:10.1017/S0034670500005076. S2CID 145727079.
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Hall 1999, (subscription required) - Representations of Place: Albania: "the perception that religion symbolized foreign (Italian, Greek and Turkish) predation was used to justify the communists' stance of state atheism (1967-1991)." Hall, Derek R. (1999). "Representations of Place: Albania". The Geographical Journal. 165 (2): 161–172. Bibcode:1999GeogJ.165..161H. doi:10.2307/3060414. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 3060414.
Kowalewski 1980, pp. 426–441, (subscription required) - Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences Kowalewski, David (1980). "Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences". The Russian Review. 39 (4): 426–441. doi:10.2307/128810. ISSN 0036-0341. JSTOR 128810.
Walaszek 1986, pp. 118–134, (subscription required) - An Open Issue of Legitimacy: The State and the Church in Poland Walaszek, Zdzislawa (January 1986). "An Open Issue of Legitimacy: The State and the Church in Poland". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 483 (1): 118–134. doi:10.1177/0002716286483001011. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 145367724.
Madeley 2003, pp. 1–22, (subscription required) - European Liberal Democracy and the Principle of State Religious Neutrality: "As Table 2 indicates along its horizontal dimension, according to the attributions based on these criteria, in 1980, out of 35 European territories listed, only five could be coded as secular in the sense that the 'State is secular, promoting neither religion nor irreligion' and nine were deemed Atheistic. On the other hand, 21 states or governments were found to be committed in one way or another to the support of religion and/or religious institutions." Madeley, John (January 2003). "European Liberal Democracy and the Principle of State Religious Neutrality". West European Politics. 26 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1080/01402380412331300177. S2CID 154541171.
Lobkowicz 1964, p. 319, - (subscription required) Karl Marx's Attitude toward Religion: "Marx, of course, was an atheist." Lobkowicz, N. (1964). "Karl Marx's Attitude toward Religion". The Review of Politics. 26 (3): 319–352. doi:10.1017/S0034670500005076. S2CID 145727079.
Kowalewski 1980, p. 426, Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences: "The Soviet policy of state atheism (gosateizm), albeit inconsistently applied, remains a major goal of official ideology. Massive state resources have been expended not only to prevent the implanting of religious belief in nonbelievers but also to eradicate "prerevolutionary remnants" already existing. The regime is not merely passively committed to a godless polity but takes an aggressive stance of official forced atheization. Thus a major task of the police apparatus is the persecution of forms of religious practice. Not surprisingly, the Committee for State Security (KGB) is reported to have a division dealing specifically with "churchmen and sectarians." Kowalewski, David (1980). "Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences". The Russian Review. 39 (4): 426–441. doi:10.2307/128810. ISSN 0036-0341. JSTOR 128810.
Froese 2004, p. 35, (subscription required) - Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed: "Atheists waged a 70-year war on religious belief in the Soviet Union. The Communist Party destroyed churches, mosques, and temples; it executed religious leaders; it flooded the schools and media with anti-religious propaganda; and it introduced a belief system called "scientific atheism," complete with atheist rituals, proselytizers, and a promise of worldly salvation." Froese, Paul (2004). "Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 43 (1): 35–50. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00216.x. ISSN 1468-5906. OCLC 884663575. S2CID 53308958.
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Anderson 1994, pp. 3–4, Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states Anderson, John (1994). Religion, state and politics in the Soviet Union and successor states. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511598838. ISBN 978-0-511-59883-8.^{[permanent dead link]}
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Jones, David A. (9 November 2018). "Bipolar Disorder in Statehood: is China "Dr. Jekyll" or "Mr. Hyde" or Both?". International Studies. 22 (1): 9–38. doi:10.18778/1641-4233.22.02. hdl:11089/26655. ISSN 1641-4233. In a similar demolition exercise in Zhumadian, Henan Province, the Beitou Church was bulldozed whilst its pastor, Li Jiangong, and the pastor's spouse, Ding Cuimei, were inside on 14 April 2016, resulting in her suffocation.
Hendon, David W.; Norton, Brenda (2016). "Notes on Church-State Affairs". Journal of Church and State. 58 (4): 793–806. doi:10.1093/jcs/csw095. ISSN 0021-969X. JSTOR 45176944.
Chen 1965, (subscription required) - Chinese Communist Attitudes Towards Buddhism in Chinese History: "In the journal Hsien-tai Fo-hsueh (Modern Buddhism), September 1959, there appeared a long article entitled "Lun Tsung-chiao Hsin-yang Tzu-yu" ("A Discussion Concerning Freedom of Religious Belief"), by Ya Han-chang, which was originally published in the official Communist ideological journal Hung Ch'i (Red Flag), 1959, No. 14. Appearing as it did in Red Flag it is justifiable to conclude that the views expressed in it represented the accepted Communist attitude toward religion. In this article, Ya wrote that the basic policy of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China is to "recognise that everyone has the freedom to believe in a religion, and also that everyone has the freedom not to believe in a religion." Chen, Kenneth (1965). "Chinese Communist Attitudes Towards Buddhism in Chinese History". The China Quarterly. 22: 14–30. doi:10.1017/S0305741000048682. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 153633666.
Froese & Pfaff 2005, p. 397, (subscription required) Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany: "No religion could benefit substantially from the conditions that obtained in the GDR. Antireligious regulations and the official promotion of an exclusive, socialist-inspired atheism devastated religion. The percentage of those without any religious affiliation grew from 7.6 percent of the population in 1950 to more than 60 percent in 1986....Clearly, communist antipathy toward religion and the repression of religious organizations must have played a role in the rapid and dramatic abandonment of religion. But what contribution did atheism make to this development? In the GDR the weakening of the churches and their accommodation to communism was influential, but apparently so was the success of scientific atheism as a competitor to religion." Froese, Paul; Pfaff, Steven (December 2005). "Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (4): 397–422. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00294.x. ISSN 0021-8294.
Froese & Pfaff 2005, p. 402, (subscription required) Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany: "In the late 1950s, the regime announced that scientific atheism had become official policy and any of the approximately 1.5 million party members that remained church members were compelled to renounce religion (Maser 1999)." Froese, Paul; Pfaff, Steven (December 2005). "Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (4): 397–422. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00294.x. ISSN 0021-8294.
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Walaszek 1986, pp. 118–134, (subscription required) - An Open Issue of Legitimacy: The State and the Church in Poland Walaszek, Zdzislawa (January 1986). "An Open Issue of Legitimacy: The State and the Church in Poland". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 483 (1): 118–134. doi:10.1177/0002716286483001011. ISSN 0002-7162. S2CID 145367724.
Madeley 2003, pp. 1–22, (subscription required) - European Liberal Democracy and the Principle of State Religious Neutrality: "As Table 2 indicates along its horizontal dimension, according to the attributions based on these criteria, in 1980, out of 35 European territories listed, only five could be coded as secular in the sense that the 'State is secular, promoting neither religion nor irreligion' and nine were deemed Atheistic. On the other hand, 21 states or governments were found to be committed in one way or another to the support of religion and/or religious institutions." Madeley, John (January 2003). "European Liberal Democracy and the Principle of State Religious Neutrality". West European Politics. 26 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1080/01402380412331300177. S2CID 154541171.
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Froese 2004, p. 35, (subscription required) - Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed: "Atheists waged a 70-year war on religious belief in the Soviet Union. The Communist Party destroyed churches, mosques, and temples; it executed religious leaders; it flooded the schools and media with anti-religious propaganda; and it introduced a belief system called "scientific atheism," complete with atheist rituals, proselytizers, and a promise of worldly salvation." Froese, Paul (2004). "Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 43 (1): 35–50. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00216.x. ISSN 1468-5906. OCLC 884663575. S2CID 53308958.
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Froese 2004, p. 35, (subscription required) - Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed: "Atheists waged a 70-year war on religious belief in the Soviet Union. The Communist Party destroyed churches, mosques, and temples; it executed religious leaders; it flooded the schools and media with anti-religious propaganda; and it introduced a belief system called "scientific atheism," complete with atheist rituals, proselytizers, and a promise of worldly salvation." Froese, Paul (2004). "Forced Secularization in Soviet Russia: Why an Atheistic Monopoly Failed". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 43 (1): 35–50. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2004.00216.x. ISSN 1468-5906. OCLC 884663575. S2CID 53308958.
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Kowalewski 1980, pp. 426–441, (subscription required) - Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences Kowalewski, David (1980). "Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences". The Russian Review. 39 (4): 426–441. doi:10.2307/128810. ISSN 0036-0341. JSTOR 128810.
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Dodd 2003, p. 571, The rough guide to Vietnam: "After 1975, the Marxist-Leninist government of reunified Vietnam declared the state atheist while theoretically allowing people the right to practice their religion under the constitution." Dodd, Jan. (2003). The rough guide to Vietnam (7th ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-4053-8973-0. OCLC 762991000.
Bullivant & Ruse 2015, pp. 461–462, The Oxford handbook of atheism: "As we look elsewhere around the world, the dynamics of secularization and religionization are even more complex. The largest-scale experiments in secularization — state atheisms — have had mixed outcomes. In the former Soviet Union, as in China, Communist 'scientific: 'militant', or 'practical' atheism has unquestionably had some secularizing effect overall. But the story—or history—does not end there. As the former Soviet countries illustrate, long-term effects of the experiment are uneven. It took hold more profoundly in, for example, eastern Germany or the Czech Republic than in Poland. Armenia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, or Uzbekistan, among others (Froese 2004; see Irena Borowik, Branko Ana& and Radoslaw Tyrala's 'Central and Eastern Europe)." Bullivant, Stephen Sebastien; Ruse, Michael (2015). The Oxford handbook of atheism. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874507-5. OCLC 936352170.
Bullivant & Ruse 2015, p. 626, The Oxford handbook of atheism: "There have been only a few comparative analyses of atheism carried out in the CEE region. One of the few attempts of this kind is that undertaken by Sinita Zrinkak (see 2004). Comparing different types of generational responses to atheism in several CEE countries, on the basis of studies carried out in these countries and based on data from the EVS, he distinguishes three groups of countries in the region. The first group comprises countries in which state atheism had the most severe consequences... This group includes such countries as Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria." Bullivant, Stephen Sebastien; Ruse, Michael (2015). The Oxford handbook of atheism. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874507-5. OCLC 936352170.
O'Brien 1993, p. 108, The state of religion atlas: "Atheism continues to be the official position of the governments of China, North Korea and Cuba." O'Brien, Joanne (1993). The state of religion atlas. Palmer, Martin., Barrett, David B., Swanston Graphics Limited. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-79376-0. OCLC 28585951.
Kowalewski 1980, p. 426, Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences: "The Soviet policy of state atheism (gosateizm), albeit inconsistently applied, remains a major goal of official ideology. Massive state resources have been expended not only to prevent the implanting of religious belief in nonbelievers but also to eradicate "prerevolutionary remnants" already existing. The regime is not merely passively committed to a godless polity but takes an aggressive stance of official forced atheization. Thus a major task of the police apparatus is the persecution of forms of religious practice. Not surprisingly, the Committee for State Security (KGB) is reported to have a division dealing specifically with "churchmen and sectarians." Kowalewski, David (1980). "Protest for Religious Rights in the USSR: Characteristics and Consequences". The Russian Review. 39 (4): 426–441. doi:10.2307/128810. ISSN 0036-0341. JSTOR 128810.
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Gellately & Kiernan 2006, p. 30, The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective:"Pol Pot's Cambodia perpetrated genocide against several ethnic groups, systematically dispersed national minorities by force, and forbade the use of minority and foreign languages. It also banned the practice of religion. The Khmer Rouge repressed Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism, but its fiercest extermination campaign was directed at the ethnic Cham Muslim minority." Gellately, Robert; Kiernan, Ben (2006). "Twentieth-Century Genocides Underlying Ideological Themes from Armenia to East Timor". The specter of genocide: mass murder in historical perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82063-9. OCLC 893888702.
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Chen 1965, (subscription required) - Chinese Communist Attitudes Towards Buddhism in Chinese History: "In the journal Hsien-tai Fo-hsueh (Modern Buddhism), September 1959, there appeared a long article entitled "Lun Tsung-chiao Hsin-yang Tzu-yu" ("A Discussion Concerning Freedom of Religious Belief"), by Ya Han-chang, which was originally published in the official Communist ideological journal Hung Ch'i (Red Flag), 1959, No. 14. Appearing as it did in Red Flag it is justifiable to conclude that the views expressed in it represented the accepted Communist attitude toward religion. In this article, Ya wrote that the basic policy of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China is to "recognise that everyone has the freedom to believe in a religion, and also that everyone has the freedom not to believe in a religion." Chen, Kenneth (1965). "Chinese Communist Attitudes Towards Buddhism in Chinese History". The China Quarterly. 22: 14–30. doi:10.1017/S0305741000048682. ISSN 0305-7410. S2CID 153633666.
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Froese & Pfaff 2005, p. 397, (subscription required) Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany: "No religion could benefit substantially from the conditions that obtained in the GDR. Antireligious regulations and the official promotion of an exclusive, socialist-inspired atheism devastated religion. The percentage of those without any religious affiliation grew from 7.6 percent of the population in 1950 to more than 60 percent in 1986....Clearly, communist antipathy toward religion and the repression of religious organizations must have played a role in the rapid and dramatic abandonment of religion. But what contribution did atheism make to this development? In the GDR the weakening of the churches and their accommodation to communism was influential, but apparently so was the success of scientific atheism as a competitor to religion." Froese, Paul; Pfaff, Steven (December 2005). "Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (4): 397–422. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00294.x. ISSN 0021-8294.
Froese & Pfaff 2005, p. 402, (subscription required) Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany: "In the late 1950s, the regime announced that scientific atheism had become official policy and any of the approximately 1.5 million party members that remained church members were compelled to renounce religion (Maser 1999)." Froese, Paul; Pfaff, Steven (December 2005). "Explaining a Religious Anomaly: A Historical Analysis of Secularization in Eastern Germany". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 44 (4): 397–422. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00294.x. ISSN 0021-8294.
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state.gov (Global: 264^th place; English: 249^th place)

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theconversation.com (Global: 928^th place; English: 651^st place)

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