Religious practicesof the clergyin the discourseof theimplementationof anti-religious policyin themid-1920s (basedon thematerials of the Samara Province)

Abstract

This article is motivated to study the process of constructing Soviet society and reconstructing the everyday practices of representatives of religious organizations of the Samara province, who used various ways to counteract the implementation of anti-religious policy pursued by the authorities. The results of the study illustrate various practices used by representatives of various faiths against the anti-religious policy of the Soviet government in order to stop the process of destruction of the religious worldview of the population and consolidate their supporters. These practices became one of the necessary means of preserving religious integrity and allowed religious denominations to join the struggle with the party leadership for the preservation of the traditional consciousness of the emerging Soviet society. 

Keywords

• everyday practices
• religiosity
• power
• clergy
• religion
• samara province