The final revolution : the resistance church and the collapse of communism / George Weigel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weigel, George, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.

Communism and Christianity.

Communism and Christianity--Europe, Eastern.

Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Revolutions.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-.

Europe, Eastern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe--the Revolution of 1989--was a singularly stunning event in a century already known for the unexpected. How did people divided for two generations by an Iron Curtain come so suddenly to dance together atop the Berlin Wall? Why did people who had once seemed resigned to their fate suddenly take their future into their own hands? Some analysts have explained the Revolution in economic terms, arguing that the Warsaw Pact countries could no longer compete with the West. But as George Weigel argues in this thought-provoking volume, people don'

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Final Revolution; ONE: Not by Politics Alone: Unwrapping the Revolution of 1989; TWO: Calling Good and Evil by Name: The Communist Lie Confronted; THREE: Catholics and Commissars: 1917-1978; FOUR: The Wojtyta Difference; FIVE: Poland: Igniting the Revolution; Photographs; SIX: Czechoslovakia: A Church Reborn in Resistance; SEVEN: No Monopolies on Virtue: Christian Conviction and the Democratic Prospect; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-246) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029038-2

1-280-70414-4

0-19-802358-8

0-19-534725-0

OCLC:

609832454