The Catholic Church in World Politicsby Eric O. Hanson

✍ Scribed by Review by: Andrew J. Pierre

• Book ID: 125234809
• Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7120
• DOI: 10.2307/20044504

✦ Synopsis

1990, 485 pp. $16.95 (paper). This is a remarkably wide-ranging and carefully crafted volume on an often overlooked but important topic. The Vatican is deeply involved in international affairs, as this book makes clear. Hanson gives much attention to the role of the Catholic Church in Western and Eastern Europe, but also details and evaluates its participation in the international system through chapters on arms control as a Catholic political issue and its role in