The Movement Towards Christian Unity in the Nineteenth Century [Paperback]

Christopher Dawson (Author), Father Rene Kollar; O.S.B. (Editor), Kimberley A. Opatka-Metzgar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2006

Noted historian and author Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) campaigned for an integrated study of Christian philosophy, history, literature, and art in the same way as literae humaniores had studied every aspect of classical culture. Only this, he believed, could overcome the schism between religion and culture in the West. Dawson's never-before-published 1960 talk, The Movement Towards Christian Unity in the Nineteenth Century, explores the rebirth of English Catholicism and how it sought to heal the religious divisions created by misunderstanding and centuries of intolerance. Christopher Dawson's 1960 Wimmer Lecture still has relevance today in a world split by discord, religious division, and schism within Christianity.

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About the Author

Dawson made his name as a scholar outside of traditional academic circles, but in 1958, at the age of sixty-nine, he and his wife, Valerie, traveled to Harvard University where he would occupy the Stillman Chair in the Divinity School until 1962. During his time in America, Dawson was invited by Archabbot Denis Strittmatter, O.S.B., the monastic superior at Saint Vincent Archabbey, and Father Quentin Schaut, O.S.B., the President of Saint Vincent College, to give the Wimmer Lecture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 66 pages
• Publisher: Saint Vincent Archabbey Publications; 1 edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097739090X
• ISBN-13: 978-0977390908
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,101,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)