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The Red Scare: Why Communist Countries Banned Religion
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ReligiousLiberty.TV
- June 19, 2024
- Bolshevik Revolution
- Chinese Communist Party
- communism
- communism and religion
- communist regimes
- Cultural Revolution
- enduring resistance
- faith under communism
- human spirit
- ideological control
- Karl Marx
- League of the Militant Godless
- Mao Zedong
- marxism
- modern-day China
- North Korea
- opium of the people
- personality cult
- religious leaders persecuted
- religious mobilization
- Religious Persecution
- Religious Repression in China
- religious resilience
- Russian Orthodox Church
- socialism
- Soviet anti-religious legislation
- Soviet Russia
- state-sanctioned religious organizations
- suppression of religion
- underground churches
- Vietnam
Communism and religion have always clashed. From Soviet Russia to modern China, regimes suppressed faith to ensure state loyalty. Religion’s power to inspire resistance made it a threat, but faith is resilient.
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