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Religion and the Cold War

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Dianne Kirby

    1. School of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster, UK

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Part of the book series: Cold War History (CWH)

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Although seen widely as the twentieth-century's great religious war, as a conflict between the god-fearing and the godless, the religious dimension of the Cold War has never been subjected to a scholarly critique. This unique study shows why religion is a key Cold War variable. A specially commissioned collection of new scholarship, it provides fresh insights into the complex nature of the Cold War. It has profound resonance today with the resurgence of religion as a political force in global society.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Religion and the Cold War — An Introduction

    • Dianne Kirby
    Pages 1-22

  3. Domestic and Foreign Policy Considerations and the Origins of Post-war Soviet Church-State Relations, 1941–6

    • Anna Dickinson
    Pages 23-36

  4. The German Protestant Debate on Politics and Theology after the Second World War

    • Matthew D. Hockenos
    Pages 37-49

  5. Pope Pius XII and the Cold War: The Post-war Confrontation between Catholicism and Communism

    • Frank J. Coppa
    Pages 50-66

  6. The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII

    • Peter C. Kent
    Pages 67-76

  7. Harry Truman’s Religious Legacy: The Holy Alliance, Containment and the Cold War

    • Dianne Kirby
    Pages 77-102

  8. The Vatican, Italy and the Cold War

    • John Pollard
    Pages 103-117

  9. The United States and the Vatican in Yugoslavia, 1945–50

    • Charles R. Gallagher
    Pages 118-144

  10. Cold War on High and Unity from Below: The French Communist Party and the Catholic Church in the Early Years of the Gaullist Fifth Republic

    • Paul Hainsworth
    Pages 145-162

  11. Between War and Peace: Politics, Religion and Human Rights in Early Cold War Canada, 1945–50

    • George Egerton
    Pages 163-187

  12. The Clergy, the Cold War and the Mission of the Local Church; England ca. 1945–60

    • Ian Jones
    Pages 188-199

  13. The Rehabilitation of Martin Luther in the GDR; or, Why Thomas Müntzer Failed to Stabilise the Moorings of Socialist Ideology

    • Hartmut Lehmann
    Pages 200-210

  14. ‘Martyrs, Miracles and Martians’: Religion and Cold War Cinematic Propaganda in the 1950s

    • Tony Shaw
    Pages 211-231

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 232-245
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Reviews

'Dianne Kirby and her 12 contributors provide new insights and interpretations of the period from 1945 to around 1960.' - Theology

'Many of these eye-opening essays are based on State Department and Foreign Office archives and exude the silver tongue of diplomacy. It is refreshing to read the assessment by Ian Jones of grassroots attitudes to the Cold War culled from church newsletters in Birmingham.' - Stuart Mews, Theology

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of History and International Affairs, University of Ulster, UK

    Dianne Kirby

About the editor

FRANK J. COPPA Professor of History, St John's University, New York ANNA DICKINSON Researcher GEORGE EGERTON Associate Professor of History, University of British Columbia, Canada CHARLES R. GALLAGHER Lecturer, Department of History, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts PAUL HAINSWORTH Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Ulster, N.Ireland MATTHEW HOCKENOS Assistant Professor of History, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York IAN JONES Lloyd Researcher, Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Sheffield PETER C. KENT Professor of History, University of New Brunswick HARTMUT LEHMANN Adjunct Professor at the Universities of Göttingen and Kiel JOHN POLLARD Professor of Modern European History, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge TONY SHAW Senior Lecturer in History, University of Hertfordshire

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