03041nam 2200625Ia 450 991045867770332120200520144314.01-280-70414-40-19-802358-80-19-534725-0(CKB)1000000000400937(EBL)431364(OCoLC)609832454(SSID)ssj0000296384(PQKBManifestationID)11267033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296384(PQKBWorkID)10321513(PQKB)10998392(MiAaPQ)EBC431364(Au-PeEL)EBL431364(CaPaEBR)ebr10279383(CaONFJC)MIL70414(EXLCZ)99100000000040093720030530e20031992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe final revolution[electronic resource] the resistance church and the collapse of communism /George WeigelOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (286 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516664-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-246) and index.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; IndexThe 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'Communism and ChristianityCatholic ChurchCommunism and ChristianityEurope, EasternRevolutionsReligious aspectsChristianityEurope, EasternPolitics and government1945-Electronic books.Communism and ChristianityCatholic Church.Communism and ChristianityRevolutionsReligious aspectsChristianity.261.7094309048274.70829Weigel George1951-262577MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458677703321The final revolution2093415UNINA