Religion in the World Today

M. Mchedlov

Translated from the Russian by Natalia Belskaya and Felix Kholmogortsev

[Russian publication], 1982

English translation @Progress Publishers 1987

Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Introduction	5

Chapter I Religious Ideology and Modern Mass Movements	12

Instances of Traditional Intermixing of Religion and Politics	15

Impact of Mass Religious Consciousness Upon the Ideology and Policies of the Church	38

On the Causes of Increased Activity of the Church in Different Parts of the World	65

Chapter II Modern Clericalism: Ideology and Politics	76

Features of Clerical Anti‑Communism	76

Islam and Judaism in Reactionary Politics	91

The Alliance of Right‑Wing Clericals and Imperialist Reaction	101

Chapter III Religious Philosophy and Sociology: the Old and the New	108

Features of Modernist Trends in Theological Systems	108

Trends That Do Not Affect the Foundations of the Official Social Doctrine	130

Chapter IV Democratic Ideas in Mystical Guise	153

Stratification Within Modern Religious Organizations: Causes and Consequences	154

On the Dialectics of Democratic Movements and Their Ideologies	172

Lenin's Principle of the Unity of Marxists and Working-Class Believers in the Campaign for Social Progress	183

Peace Action and Cooperation of All People of Goodwill	198

Chapter V The Humanism of Scientific Outlook and the Democratic Means of Shaping It	207

Apropos the Issue of the Attitude of Socialist Society to Religion and Believers	207

Democratic, Scientific Means of Combating Religious Ideology	214

SOURCE: Mchedlov, M[iran Petrovich]. Religion in the World Today. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1987. 237 pp.

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