{"product_id":"the-vatican-ostpolitik-1958-1978-responsibility-and-witness-during-john-xxiii-and-paul-vi-paperback","title":"The Vatican Ostpolitik 1958-1978: Responsibility and Witness During John XXIII and Paul VI - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNadezhda Belyakova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoland Cerny-Werner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndras Fejerdy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe appraisal of the political dialogue and negotiations with the communist regimes of East Central Europe commenced by the Holy See in the 1960s did not provoke only lively debates among contemporaries, but remains to the present day one of the most debated questions of the twentieth-century history: should it be assessed as a fixed path to which no alternative existed, or was it a flawed initiative which merely served the international legitimacy of the communist totalitarian system? This volume enriches the results of earlier historiography with new perspectives and confirmes \u003ci\u003einter alia\u003c\/i\u003e that a black-and-white reading (often based on a one-sided use of sources) of Ostpolitik is incorrect: just as the critical assessment, which frequently places local considerations at the forefront, requires revision, the at times apologetic outlook defending the Vatican's Eastern policy is also untenable. Only a nuanced and source-focused analysis of the ambitions of the Roman and Muscovite centers, and of local politics and Churches, as well as dialogue between the various research trends, can help us to gain a more thorough knowledge of (and make us better understand) those fixed paths upon which the Roman and local ecclesiastics of the era were forced to travel and which limited the possibility of success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48312056316125,"sku":"9788867285822","price":88.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/d4S5YUr_Yb9788867285822.webp?v=1785782029","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-vatican-ostpolitik-1958-1978-responsibility-and-witness-during-john-xxiii-and-paul-vi-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}