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The Dynamics of Catholic Culture: The Thought of Christopher Dawson
DATE:
Friday, April 11, 2003
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DESCRIPTION
The historiography of the 20th Century scholar Christopher Dawson exhibits a vast erudition in history, sociology, religion, and culture rarely achieved in contemporary scholarship. An Oxford-educated Catholic convert and professor of Catholic Studies at Harvard University, his work investigates the relation of religion and culture, Christianity and the development of Western Civilization, local cultures and landscapes, industrialism and the many ideological movements of the 20th century. Dawson is most unique in his stress on the vital role which religion plays in forming and sustaining civilization. Dawson saw religion as the great creative force in any culture and its loss, paramount to social dissolution. Among his numerous books include Religion and the Rise of Western Culture, Progress and Religion, and The Historic Reality of Christian Culture. Dr. Quinn will purview the dynamism and intellectual legacy of this great mind of Catholic culture, offering us the conceptual tools to understand more perfectly our historic heritage and present condition.
Dr. Dermot Quinn |
SPEAKER/PERFORMER INFORMATION
Dr. Dermot Quinn is associate professor of history at Seton Hall University. Born in Ireland, he has taught at Oxford University and held a fellowship at Amherst College, MA. He is the assistant editor of the Chesterton Review, author of two books, Patronage and Piety: English Roman Catholics and Politics, 1850-1900 and Understanding Northern Ireland and is author of numerous articles on Christopher Dawson and G.K. Chesterton's social thinking. He has written the introductions for ISI's reprints of Dawson's Dynamics of World History and Wilhelm Röpke's A Human Economy.
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SERIES THEME:
Studies in Faith and Culture
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