CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: John Paul Faces Jaruzelski in Prime Time 1
5. PART I: Catholic Political Culture: History, Organization, Ideology
6. CHAPTER 1. A Brief Political History of the Catholic Church in Europe 18
7. CHAPTER 2. Catholic Political Organization: Center, Region, and Nation 59
8. CHAPTER 3. Political Ideology: Catholicism, Socialism, and Capitalism 95
9. PART II: The Catholic Church in National and Regional Politics
10. CHAPTER 4. The Catholic Church in Continental Western Europe 125
11. CHAPTER 5. Anglo-American Catholicism: Immigrant Churches in Western Democracies 162
12. CHAPTER 6. Catholic Poland and Ostpolitik 197
13. CHAPTER 7. Catholicism and Soviet-American Competition in the Third World 234
14. PART III: The Catholic Church in the International System
15. CHAPTER 8. Arms Control as a Catholic Political Issue 281
16. CHAPTER 9. The Catholic Church, Soviet-American Relations, and International Politics 323
17. Appendix: Methodological Issues 354
18. Notes 361
19. Bibliography 435
20. Acronyms 457
21. Index 461