Religion and the Cold War

Religion and the Cold War

Edited by Dianne Kirby
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.

Table of contents
Religion and the Cold War — An Introduction - Kirby, Dianne - Pages 1-22
Domestic and Foreign Policy Considerations and the Origins of Post-war Soviet Church-State Relations, 1941–6 - Dickinson, Anna - Pages 23-36
The German Protestant Debate on Politics and Theology after the Second World War - Hockenos, Matthew D. - Pages 37-49
Pope Pius XII and the Cold War: The Post-war Confrontation between Catholicism and Communism - Coppa, Frank J. - Pages 50-66
The Lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII - Kent, Peter C. - Pages 67-76
Harry Truman’s Religious Legacy: The Holy Alliance, Containment and the Cold War - Kirby, Dianne - Pages 77-102
The Vatican, Italy and the Cold War - Pollard, John - Pages 103-117
The United States and the Vatican in Yugoslavia, 1945–50 - Gallagher, Charles R. - Pages 118-144
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 - Hainsworth, Paul - Pages 145-162
Between War and Peace: Politics, Religion and Human Rights in Early Cold War Canada, 1945–50 - Egerton, George - Pages 163-187
The Clergy, the Cold War and the Mission of the Local Church; England ca. 1945–60 - Jones, Ian - Pages 188-199
The Rehabilitation of Martin Luther in the GDR; or, Why Thomas Müntzer Failed to Stabilise the Moorings of Socialist Ideology - Lehmann, Hartmut - Pages 200-210
‘Martyrs, Miracles and Martians’: Religion and Cold War Cinematic Propaganda in the 1950s - Shaw, Tony - Pages 211-231

Palgrave Macmillan, Cold War History Series, Hardback mit Schutzumschlag - with protective cover, english, 245 pages