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The movement of world revolution / Christopher Dawson ; with an introduction by Bradley J. Birzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.
- Series:
- Works of Christopher Dawson
- The Works of Christopher Dawson
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- History.
- Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Revolutions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 1959.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Movement of World Revolution, originally published in 1959, explores many of the themes Dawson considered most important in his lifetime: the religious foundation of human culture, the central importance of education for the recovery of Christian humanism, the myth of progress, and the dangers of nationalism and secular ideologies.
- Contents:
- The relevance of European history
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Rationalism and revolution
- The missionary expansion of Western Christendom
- The spread of Western ideologies
- Asia and the West
- Introduction: the revolt of Asia
- The age of discovery
- The fall of the oriental empires
- The rise of oriental nationalism
- Christianity and the oriental cultures.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Sheed & Ward, 1959. With new introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-2008-4
- OCLC:
- 863062741
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