Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. Introduction: Another Sonderweg? 1
5. PART I. The Center Party and Interdenominationalism in the Kaiserreich, 1870–1917
6. 1. The Enemy of the State 13
7. 2. Labor, Party, and Zentrumsstreit 25
8. PART II. Initiatives and Inertia, 1917–1922
9. 3. Defeat, Revolution, Reorientation 49
10. 4. The Essen Program and Its Aftermath 73
11. PART III. From Weimar to Hitler, 1923–1933
12. 5. Political Mavericks and Catholic Consciousness 103
13. 6. The Fall of the Tower 125
14. PART IV. Reshaping Party Politics, 1945–1957
15. 7. Catholics at the Zero Hour 155
16. 8. The CDU of Konrad Adenauer 179
17. 9. The CDU and Jakob Kaiser 194
18. 10. The Center Party and Karl Spiecker 210
19. 11. The Fusion Fiasco 226
20. 12. Helene Wessel and the Christian Opposition 252
21. Epilogue: The End of Weltanschauung? 273
22. Abbreviations 287
23. Notes 291
24. Index 341