1. Envisioning and Exploring Mary’s Theater of WarPeter Jan MargryCHURCH AND IDEOLOGIES2. The Virgin Mary and Cold War PoliticsPope, Church, and Devotees in the Context of Postwar ItalyRobert Ventresca3. From Fátima to Kérizinen 85Devotional Backgrounds and Resources for the Cold WarSandra L. Zimdars-Swartz4. Likeness and Message in Our Lady of Fátima from World War to Cold WarDavid MorganPOLITICO-DEVOTIONAL REALMS5. The Changing Face of the Enemy The Belgian Apparition Sites in the 1940sTine Van Osselaer6. Darkness at Noon The Visions at Cuevas de Vinromá in 1947 in a Divided Spain during the Cold WarWilliam A. Christian Jr. and Marina Sanahuja Beltran7. Apparitions of the Mother of God in Socialist Poland in the Early Years of the Cold WarAgnieszka Halemba and Konrad Siekierski8. Marian Piety and the Cold War in the United States Thomas Kselman9. The Virgin and the BombThe Bayside Apparitions, Cold War Anxieties and Marian AnticommunismDaniel Wojcik10. “Wearing Uneasily the Mantle of Peace”Marian Devotion and the Politics of Fear in Cold War AustraliaKatharine MassamARMIES AND CRUSADES11. Mission and Protection Bringing Fátima to West Germany in the Early Cold War YearsMonique Scheer12. Contested Cold War Marian PoliticsThe Dutch Pentagon and the Empire of MaryPeter Jan Margry13. Mary’s Media in the Cold War PhilippinesDeirdre de la Cruz14. “No Consecration, No Peace!”The Fatima Center and the Russian Annexation of CrimeaMichael Agnew15. Conclusion and OutlookPeter Jan MargryTimelineAuthorsIndex of Names and Places ColophonFirst-ever study connecting the Cold War to the field of popular religiosity and Marian devotionOne hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as “godless communism”. The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual holy war. In this book renowned experts address a variety of grassroots and Church initiatives related to Marian politics, the hausse of Marian apparitions during the Cold War period, and the present-day revival of Marian devotional culture. By identifying and analysing the militant side of Mary in the Cold War context on a global scale for the first time, Cold War Mary will attract readers interested in religious history, history of the Cold War, and twentieth-century international history.One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as “godless communism”. The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual holy war. In this book renowned experts address a variety of grassroots and Church initiatives related to Marian politics, the hausse of Marian apparitions during the Cold War period, and the present-day revival of Marian devotional culture. By identifying and analysing the militant side of Mary in the Cold War context on a global scale for the first time, Cold War Mary will attract readers interested in religious history, history of the Cold War, and twentieth-century international history.