Timothy A. Byrnes is a member of the Political Science Department at Colgate University. He is the author of Catholic Bishops in American Politics, and co-editor of Abortion Politics in American States and The Catholic Church and the Politics of Abortion.

• Chapter 1 Transnational Catholicism in Post-Communist East Central EuropeChapter 2 Transnational Church in a National Setting: The Case of PolandChapter 3 The Catholic Church and Ethnic Conflict: The Case of the Hungarian MinoritiesChapter 4 Pope John Paul II and the Power of Context: The Case of CroatiaChapter 5 Conclusion

Transnational Catholicism in Post-Communist Europe is a pathbreaking work, which will set the style for studies of comparative politics in the future. Tim Byrnes has succeeded in integrating general theoretical perspectives and broad historical trends with a sensitive, nuanced understanding of the importance of national and local circumstances. Put simply, this is a very important book, which will be indispensable to analysts of European politics or the politics of Roman Catholicism.