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Religious ferment is bound to continue, along with the other changes reshaping the U.S.S.R. But it is uncertain whether the emerging society will be, in the phrase of 19th century writer Nikolai Leskov, "baptized but not enlightened" -- formally religious but narrowly sectarian in outlook. The odds on enlightenment have been lengthened greatly, however, by the ability of the country's deeply spiritual people to embrace and expand their beliefs in public.
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CAPTION: FAITH AND DOUBT