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Radio 4,06 Dec 1988,30 mins

SeriesGeoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics

Religion and the Atheist State

The Reith Lectures

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Geoffrey Hosking, Professor of Russian History at University College London, explores Soviet religion in the fifth of his Reith Lectures entitled 'The Rediscovery of Politics'. In this lecture entitled 'Religion and the Atheist State', Professor Hosking analyses what part religion has to play in reuniting the Soviet peoples and explores the recent easing of tensions between the Soviet state and the Church. Can faith act as a potential antidote to the problem of demoralisation?

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