Progress & religion : an historical inquiry / Christopher Dawson ; with a foreword by Christina Scott and an introduction by Mary Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.

Contributor:

Scott, Christina.

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.

Series:

Works of Christopher Dawson

The Works of Christopher Dawson

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and civilization.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Progress and Religion was perhaps the most influential of all Christopher Dawson's books, establishing him as an interpreter of history and a historian of ideas.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Preface""; ""Dawson�s Table of Contents""; ""Part I""; ""I. Sociology and the Idea of Progress""; ""II. History and the Idea of Progress""; ""III. Anthropology and the Theory of Progress: The Material Foundations of Culture""; ""IV. The Comparative Study of Religions and the Spiritual Element in Culture""; ""Part II""; ""V. Religion and the Origins of Civilization""; ""VI. The Rise of the World Religions""; ""VII. Christianity and the Rise of Western Civilization""

""VIII. The Secularization of Western Culture and the Rise of the Religion of Progress""""IX. The Age of Science and Industrialism: The Decline of the Religion of Progress""; ""X. Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Proper Names""

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Sheed and Ward, c1929. With new foreword and introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1819-5

OCLC:

606747417