LEADER 03007nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910784899303321 005 20230617035343.0 010 $a1-280-70414-4 010 $a0-19-802358-8 010 $a0-19-534725-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400937 035 $a(EBL)431364 035 $a(OCoLC)609832454 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000296384 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267033 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296384 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10321513 035 $a(PQKB)10998392 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431364 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431364 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279383 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL70414 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400937 100 $a20030530e20031992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe final revolution$b[electronic resource] $ethe resistance church and the collapse of communism /$fGeorge Weigel 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516664-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-246) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThe 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' 606 $aCommunism and Christianity$xCatholic Church 606 $aCommunism and Christianity$zEurope, Eastern 606 $aRevolutions$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 607 $aEurope, Eastern$xPolitics and government$y1945- 615 0$aCommunism and Christianity$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aCommunism and Christianity 615 0$aRevolutions$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a261.7094309048 676 $a274.70829 700 $aWeigel$b George$f1951-$0262577 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784899303321 996 $aThe final revolution$93752913 997 $aUNINA