The Christian Church in the Cold War.THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THE COLD WAR Owen Chadwick William Owen Chadwick, OM, KBE, FBA, FRSE (born 20 May 1916) is a British professor, writer and prominent historian of Christianity. He is a former Master of Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. Alien Lane The Penguin Press, $25, 230 pp. The Final Revolution bears reading. It presents hope that one man's courage, Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
Owen Chadwick's, The Christian Church in the Cold War, is not in the same ball park with Weigel's. He describes the persecution of the Christian churches in Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. . He then turns to the church in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , focusing more on religious changes that have taken place since World War II. The book is not focused, and no specific theme emerges. In many places the book reads a bit breathlessly as if the professor were trying to give an hour's lecture in forty-five minutes. The churches in East and Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. now face the same difficulties that loom in the future for all civil societies. Our knowledge of their past is useful if we are to aid the development of these churches in the future. |
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