The final revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the resistance church and the collapse of communism / / George Weigel

• Autore: Weigel George <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.7094309048; 274.70829
• Soggetto topico: Communism and Christianity - Catholic Church; Communism and Christianity - Europe, Eastern; Revolutions - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-246) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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'
• Titolo autorizzato: The final revolution
• ISBN: 1-280-70414-4; 0-19-802358-8; 0-19-534725-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824041103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II