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Christopher Dawson, “Catholicism and the Bourgeois Mind,” 1935

cd catholicism and bourgeois mind copy With apologies for all of my marginalia!  As it turns out, this piece has caused quite a bit of controversy recently among Catholic scholars.

Christopher Dawson, Introduction to 1943 Book on Education

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St. Augustine on the Psalms

augustine psalms copy From AN AUGUSTINE SYNTHESIS (Sheed and Ward, 1936).

T.E. Hulme and Catholicism, 1948

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Selections from Romano Guardini’s LETTERS FROM LAKE COMO

“In truth, nature beings to relate to us only when we begin to indwell in it, when culture begins in it.  Culture then develops and, bit by bit, nature is refashioned.  We create our own world, shaped by… Read More

Dawson “The End of an Age” (1930)

Source: Christopher Dawson, “The End of an Age,” CRITERION 9 (1930): 386-401. cd end of an age

Dawson, MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY (1935)

Source: Christopher Dawson, MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY 25 (Studies in Comparative Religion, 1935). cd medieval christianity

Dawson, “The Problem of Christ and Culture” (1952)

Source: Christopher Dawson, “The Problem of Christ and Culture,” DUBLIN REVIEW (1952): 64-68. cd christ culture

Dawson, “Future of National Government,” 1935

Source: Christopher Dawson, “The Future of National Government,” DUBLIN REVIEW (1935): 236-251. cd future of national government

Christopher Dawson’s 1960 Speech at UST, Houston

America and the Secularization of Modern Culture

The Quotable T.S. Eliot, Redux

The following quotes are from a 1933 speech Eliot gave considering the role of Catholicism (Anglo, mostly) in preserving western civilization. Source: Eliot, ESSAYS ANCIENT AND MODERN (London: Faber and Faber, 1936). “I believe that the Catholic Church,… Read More

Ross Hoffman, “Liberty and Authority,” 1934

Source: Ross J.S. Hoffman, “Liberty and Authority: A Political Essay,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 562-590. hoffman liberty and authority