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The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press (September 18, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195166647
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195166644
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.9 x 6.1 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA thorough, fascinating, scholarly book, easy to read.
By A Customer on January 29, 1996
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This book tells the fascinating story of the role of the church, particularly the Roman Catholic church, in the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This subject has received precious little coverage in the popular press, but cannot be ignored by serious students of history. The author takes the position that it was neither Mikhail Gorbachev, nor Ronald Reagan alone that did it (brought down the Yalta imperial system), but the undeniable and inexorable faith of many Christians throughout Europe. The collapse of Communism had its roots in the early work of Pope Pius, Pope John XXIII, Paul VI and finally the Polish pastor/dramatist/linguist Karol Woytyla, who became Pope John Paul II. The close identification of Catholicism with the Polish history kept the national character alive and ultimately denied the power of tyranny in Poland and elsewhere. I recommend this book to anyone who is skeptical of the biases of the press
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5.0 out of 5 starsexcellent and eye-opening
By C on April 29, 2014
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Gorbechav and Reagan get all the credit for ending Communism in Eastern Europe. In this superb book, Weigel shows the conscientious resistance of Polish and Czechoslovakian Catholics against Soviet-backed Communism. The Church and in particular, St. John Paul II, does not get the credit they deserve. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDelightful telling of an important story.
By Pundit on October 31, 2015
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For several decades, many people longed and prayed that communism in Europe and Russia would be overcome and replaced with civic freedom, economic opportunity and religious liberty. That it happened circa 1989-1991 is a wonderful miracle and an answer to many prayers. Many among the Polish people must be given some credit for the breakup of European communist governments for they resisted communist culture and bravely asserted their own culture for many years.

The breakup of European communist governments is an amazing story that, I think, has been pondered too little.

George Weigel tells the story here and tells it again in some of his other writings like Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II. Part of the story is Polish cardinals of several generations and a Polish Pope casting their cares in prayer before the presence of God in private chapel times.

Each telling of the story reveals different facets of the precious jewel of a series of events that it was.

The title is a actually a helpful and hopeful title that alludes to the ultimate of eschatological fulfillments when "the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of our LORD and of His Christ" and when all tears are wiped away and wars cease and there is a triumph of truth, beauty, love, mercy and justice for Planet Earth.
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By anthony joes on April 17, 2015
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