{"product_id":"the-final-revolution-the-resistance-church-and-the-collapse-of-communism-9780195166644","title":"The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism","description":"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\u003cbr\u003ewho 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, \u003cbr\u003epeople don't put their lives, and their children's futures, in harm's way simply for better cars, refrigerators, and TVs. Something else--something more--had to happen behind the iron curtain before the Wall came tumbling down.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eThe Final Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, Weigel argues that that something was a revolution of conscience. The human turn to the good, to the truly human, and, ultimately, to God, was the key to the political Revolution of 1989. Weigel provides an in-depth exploration of how the Catholic Church shaped the\u003cbr\u003emoral revolution inside the political revolution. Drawing on extensive interviews with key leaders of the human rights and resistance movements, he opens a unique window into the soul of the Revolution and into the hearts and minds of those who shaped this stirring vindication of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003eWeigel also examines the central role played by Pope John Paul II in confronting what Václav Havel called communism's culture of the lie, and he suggests what the future role of the Church might be in consolidating democracy in the countries of the old Warsaw Pact.\u003cbr\u003e The final revolution is not the end of history, Weigel concludes. It is the human quest for a freedom that truly satisfies the deepest yearnings of the human heart. \u003cem\u003eThe Final Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how that quest changed the face of the twentieth century and redefined world politics in the\u003cbr\u003eyear of miracles, 1989. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weigel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.10w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195166644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Weigel\u003c\/strong\u003e is President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington D.C. A graduate of St. Mary's Seminary and University of Baltimore and the University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, he is the author of editor of twelve books on religion and public life, and is in frequent demand\u003cbr\u003eas a lecturer, columnist, and media commentator on American politics, foreign policy, and Catholic affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40364676710515,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":102.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_081de58e-b0f3-4872-aaa8-aa818f3b5707.jpg?v=1660664721","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-final-revolution-the-resistance-church-and-the-collapse-of-communism-9780195166644","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}