In her interview, Catherine Wanner discusses the role of anthropological approach in studying religion, the difference between religion and faith, atheists campaigns in communist countries, religiosity and religious life of post-communist societies, and religious lessons of the communist era.

Topic Time Stamps:

0:05 – An anthropological approach is studying religion

4:02 – Religiosity and churchgoing in Eastern Christian societies

9:00 – Was the state promotion of atheism in communist societies successful?

11:38 – Level of religiosity in post-communist societies

18:07 – Post-communist countries as a “land of evangelization”

22:48 – The most surprising religion-related thing in post-communist countries

24:50 – Religious lessons of the communist era

Read the full printed version of Catherine Wanner’s interview here.