Women in the Communal Life of the Protestant Churches in the Soviet Union (1945-1991)

Authors

  • Elena Kondrashina Союз христиан веры евангельской (пятидесятников) , Russian Union of Evangelical Christians Автор

Keywords:

protestantism, community, women in church, Soviet religious policy, evangelical Christians, baptists, pentecostals

Abstract

The article deals with the roles of women in the Protestant communities in the post-war Soviet Union. It contributes to a still understudied field of gender studies related to the Protestant churches of the Soviet period. The study draws upon the archival materials of the Fund of the Office of religious cults and then the Office of religious affairs of Moscow and Moscow region.

Published

2014-01-15

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles