Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword by Paul B. Anderson vii
3. Contents xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Glossary of Orthodox Church Prelates xix
6. 1 The Background of Soviet Religious Policy 1
7. 2 Soviet Believers on the Eve of the War 37
8. 3 Nazi Ideology and Administrative Practice on Religion 49
9. 4 German Policy Toward the Orthodox Church: The Minister versus the Commissar 72
10. 5 German Policy Toward the Orthodox Church: The Ancillary Agencies 101
11. 6 The Popular Reaction to German Religious Policy in the East 131
12. 7 Soviet Response: The “New Religious Policy” in Full Flower 166
13. Bibliography 195
14. Notes 207
15. Index 235
16. Russian Research Center Studies 243