Turning Prayers into Protests is a comparative study of religious-based oppositional activity in Slovakia and East Germany prior to 1989.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Catholics, Protestants, and the State
- Czechoslovakia: Repression of the Catholic Church
- German Democratic Republic: Autonomy in the Evangelical Church
- Summary
- 2 Finding a Space to Think and Act Freely
- The Slovak Secret Church
- Constructing Peace and Pursuing Reconciliation in the GDR
- Aktion Sühnezeichen
- Bausoldaten: Unarmed Military Service
- Summary
- 3 Independent Publishing and Communication Networks
- The Secret Church’s Samizdat Network
- Church Publications in the GDR
- Summary
- 4 Constructing New Public Spaces
- The Polish Pope: John Paul II
- The 1985 Velehrad Pilgrimage
- Slovak Pilgrimages: A New Public Space
- East Germany: Carving out a Public Space in Leipzig
- Summary
- 5 From Prayers to Protests
- Petitions for Religious Freedom
- The Good Friday Demonstration: March 25, 1988
- Tentative Steps out of the Church’s Protective Cover in East Germany
- AG Friedensdienst: Between Church Support and Conflict
- Summary
- 6 Archipelagos of Grassroots Activism
- Streams of Independent Activity in Slovakia
- The Movement for Civic Freedom: A New Strategy of Opposition
- The Bratislava Five
- Archipelagos of Activity in the GDR
- Prayer-for-Peace Services and New Tensions between Grassroots Groups and the Church
- Summary
- 7 The Revolutions of 1989
- Public Against Violence: From the Telephones to the Streets
- Church and Revolution
- Leipzig: An Epicenter of the East German Revolution
- Summary
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back cover
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