Eric Hanson's multifaceted book examines the place of the church in the contemporary international system and the reciprocal influence of modern political and technological developments on the internal affairs of the church.

Originally published in 1987.

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Eric O. Hanson

• FrontMatter,
• CONTENTS,
• Acknowledgments,
• Introduction: John Paul Faces Jaruzelski in Prime Time,
• CHAPTER 1. A Brief Political History of the Catholic Church in Europe,
• CHAPTER 2. Catholic Political Organization: Center, Region, and Nation,
• CHAPTER 3. Political Ideology: Catholicism, Socialism, and Capitalism,
• CHAPTER 4. The Catholic Church in Continental Western Europe,
• CHAPTER 5. Anglo-American Catholicism: Immigrant Churches in Western Democracies,
• CHAPTER 6. Catholic Poland and Ostpolitik,
• CHAPTER 7. Catholicism and Soviet-American Competition in the Third World,
• CHAPTER 8. Arms Control as a Catholic Political Issue,
• CHAPTER 9. The Catholic Church, Soviet-American Relations, and International Politics,
• Appendix: Methodological Issues,
• Notes,
• Bibliography,
• Acronyms,
• Index,