To Make a Village Soviet - Jehovah's Witnesses and the Transformation of a Postwar Ukrainian Borderland

Emily Baran explores why a powerful state singled out Jehovah's Witness farmers for removal from society, arguing that what happened in Bila Tserkva demonstrates both the sheer ambition of state plans for the Sovietization of borderland communities and a minority religious community's enduring resistance to secular, socialist ideals.

About the author

Emily B. Baran is associate professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University.

Summary

Emily Baran explores why a powerful state singled out Jehovah’s Witness farmers for removal from society, arguing that what happened in Bila Tserkva demonstrates both the sheer ambition of state plans for the Sovietization of borderland communities and a minority religious community’s enduring resistance to secular, socialist ideals.

Product details

• Authors: Emily B. Baran
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780228010555
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01055-5
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 392 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries