The Reith Lectures - Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics - Religion and the Atheist State

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Geoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of PoliticsGeoffrey Hosking - The Rediscovery of Politics

Religion and the Atheist State

Released On: 06 Dec 1988

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Professor Geoffrey Hosking analyses the d茅tente between the Soviet state and the Church.

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