| 中文摘要 | 第3-5页 |
| 英文摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ: Introduction | 第11-28页 |
| Ⅰ.1 Introduction of Thesis | 第11-15页 |
| Ⅰ.2 Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| Ⅰ.2.1 Soft Power's Definition & Resources | 第15-20页 |
| Ⅰ.2.2 How to measure soft power | 第20-23页 |
| Ⅰ.2.3 The Catholic Church's soft power | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ:Changes of the Catholic Church before 1929 | 第28-37页 |
| Ⅱ.1 Brief introduction of the Catholic Church's history before 1929 | 第28-30页 |
| Ⅱ.2 The Roman Question | 第30-32页 |
| Ⅱ.3 Content and the role of the Lateran Pact | 第32-37页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ: Changes of the Catholic Church after 1929 | 第37-43页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ: Methodology | 第43-54页 |
| Ⅳ.1 Introduction of methodology | 第43-46页 |
| Ⅳ.2 Methodology | 第46-51页 |
| Ⅳ.2.1 Case study | 第46-47页 |
| Ⅳ.2.2 Analysis of historians' opinions | 第47-48页 |
| Ⅳ.2.3 Quantitative Content Analysis of Mass Media | 第48-50页 |
| Ⅳ.2.4 Statistical Analysis of the Catholic Population | 第50-51页 |
| Ⅳ.3 Conclusion | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ: Research Results of Case studies | 第54-66页 |
| Ⅴ.1 Introduction | 第54页 |
| Ⅴ.2 Case Study Ⅰ: Pope John ⅩⅩⅢ's Engagement in a Peaceful Solution of the CubanMissile Crisis | 第54-58页 |
| Ⅴ.3 Case Study Ⅱ:Pope John Paul's contribution to Ending the Cold War | 第58-61页 |
| Ⅴ.4 Case Study Ⅲ:the Church's mediation in the Beagle channel conflict betweenArgentina and Chile | 第61-64页 |
| Ⅴ.5 Conclusion | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ: Research Results of Analysis of Historians' Opinions | 第66-76页 |
| Ⅵ.1 Introduction | 第66页 |
| Ⅵ.2 Analysis of A Concise History of the Catholic Church (Revised Edition) | 第66-70页 |
| Ⅵ.3 Analysis of New Short History of the Catholic Church | 第70-72页 |
| Ⅵ.4 Analysis of The Catholic Church Through the Ages: A History | 第72-74页 |
| Ⅵ.5 Conclusion | 第74-76页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ: Research Results of Content Analysis of Mass Media | 第76-87页 |
| Ⅶ.1 Introduction | 第76-77页 |
| Ⅶ.2 Content Analysis of the New York Times | 第77-78页 |
| Ⅶ.3 Content Analysis of the Washington Post | 第78-80页 |
| Ⅶ.4 Content Analysis of The Guardian & The Observer | 第80-82页 |
| Ⅶ.5 Chicago Tribune | 第82-83页 |
| Ⅶ.6 Analysis of all Mass Media from 1900 to 2000 | 第83-86页 |
| Ⅶ.7 Conclusion | 第86-87页 |
| Chapter Ⅷ:Research Results of Statistics Analysis of Catholic Church's Popularity | 第87-96页 |
| Ⅷ.1 Introduction | 第87-88页 |
| Ⅷ.2 Catholic Population Trend over the World before and after 1929 | 第88-95页 |
| Ⅷ.3 Conclusion | 第95-96页 |
| Chapter Ⅸ:Conclusion | 第96-99页 |
| Appendix | 第99-108页 |
| Bibliography | 第108-115页 |
