Dominic Erdozain is a research fellow at King's College London and an honorary research fellow at the University of Queensland. He is the author of The Soul of Doubt: The Religious Roots of Unbelief from Luther to Marx and The Problem of Pleasure: Sport, Recreation and the Crisis of Victorian Religion.

The Dangerous God is an inspiring read for everyone who wants to go beyond the widely known basic narrative of Russian religious dissent. This book, written with thoughtful and thorough analysis, and based on a wide selection of sources, can be an inspiring conversation partner for further discussions.

"This volume constitutes a significant contribution. I know of no other book that illuminates so well the spiritual longings of Russian intellectuals in the last years of the USSR's existence."—Lee Congdon, author of Seeing Red: Hungarian Intellectuals in Exile and the Challenge of Communism (NIU Press, 2001)

"This thoughtful and accessible collection of articles is a valuable contribution to the growing scholarly literature on the fate of religion under communism. It will interest anyone studying the clash between religion and atheism in the twentieth century, and how spirituality evolves in response to persecution."—Philip Boobbyer, University of Kent

"The major contribution of the volume lies in its exploration of the ways in which faith gave meaning, a sense of freedom and dignity, to individuals living in an oppressive state." –Russian Review