True Educational Reform
[From a few years ago. . .] As I had mentioned in a previous post, I’m heading to Indianapolis this weekend for a conference on the meaning of liberty and education. One of the finest books I’ve… Read More
The Genius of Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) An argument could be made that the world ended when Henry VIII had Thomas More executed. Or, perhaps, in less drastic terms, the “modern world” began on July 6, 1535. What was left of… Read More
The Gray Eminence of Christopher Dawson
To put it simply (and perhaps a bit “simplistically”—but I prefer to think of it as putting it “with fervor”), Christopher Dawson was one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century, certainly one of its greatest men… Read More
An Important Note to Readers of Stormfields
Dear Stormfields readers, First, thank you! Second, for some reason beyond my control, WordPress erased almost 5,000 of you from my subscriber/followers list. This happened to me about 2 weeks ago at this account and also at my… Read More
The Pervasive Influence of Christopher Dawson
Though few—Catholic or otherwise—remember him now, Christopher Dawson once stood at the very center of the Catholic literary and intellectual revival the four decades preceding Vatican II. “For Dawson is more like a movement than a man,” his… Read More
Free Minds and Free Peoples
Gerald Russello, editor of Kirk’s UNIVERSITY BOOKMAN, kindly asked me to participate in a symposium: how should a conservative think about immigration. Here’s a link to the whole discussion: http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/conservative-thinking-on-immigration/ Here’s my brief response: When Secretary of State,… Read More
JPII: Renewing Christian Humanism (1996)
Renewing Christian Humanism for the Millennium Address of Pope John Paul II to a joint session of all the Pontifical Academies Prepared for internet by Msgr. Peter Nguyen Van Tai, Radio Veritas Asia, Philippines It gives me great joy this morning… Read More
Is Humanism a Religion?–G.K. Chesterton
An excellent reflection from a fine and brilliant Christian Humanist. gkc-is-humanism-a-religion
1959 Interview with Christopher Dawson
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1964 Interviews with Maritain, Gilson, and Dawson
Some very nice United Nations’s interviews with Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Christopher Dawson. Enjoy. (My apologies for my marginalia). un-interviews-jm-eg-cd-gkc
Understanding St. Peter’s Betrayal
Again, from Arnold Lunn, NOW I SEE (1945): St. Mark is supposed to have written at St. Peter’s dictation. He tells the story of the denial without wasting a word. The chapter ends with a verse as simple… Read More
Catholicism within Western Civilization
From Arnold Lunn’s autobiography, NOW I SEE (1945): Many forces have combined to produce the modern world. Palestine, Rome, Greece, and Communist Russia have all helped to form that strange complex which, in our more sanguine moods, we… Read More
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