Books by Christopher Dawson

The culture of this country has become so far secularized that there is a danger that its Christian origin may be forgotten. This provocative series of lectures (the Edward Alleyn Lectures of 1944) indicates how the present crisis in our culture must be faced in the light of those origins in order that the continuity of the Christian tradition may be maintained. The lecturers are all authorities in their respective spheres: philosophy is dealt with by Professor H. A. Hodges and education by Christopher Dawson; Miss Dorothy L. Sayers contributes a lecture on Christian aesthetics; Maurice B. Reckitt, the editor of Christendom, discusses industrial problems; and the introductory and closing lectures are by Canon Demant, the editor.

""A Monument to Saint Augustine, now happily reprinted by Wipf and Stock, gathers many diverse strands of the early twentieth century Catholic thought within its pages: the creative transformation of neo-scholasticism through a kind of ressourcement, the Catholic literary intellectual renaissance in Europe and Britain, the focus upon the renewal of Christian humanism in the face of modernity''s proliferating dangers, and the Augustinian turn as a resource for the theology of crisis. Were it to do nothing else, this volume would be of extraordinary historical importance insofar as it makes clear how central the legacy of St. Augustine was to the interwar renaissance in Catholic thought and culture, not only to Burns, Dawson, and the British Catholics but also to the great figures of the Continent: Blondel, Gilson, Maritain, and Przywara.But the volume does much more. The contributions themselves are of real, substantive, and lasting value. The essays contained in this volume are not in theology per se--though theology, especially the doctrine of creation and theological anthropology, lies ever just beneath the surface. Rather, they treat Augustine from the perspective of philosophy, history, religious studies, and the humanities more generally."" -- From the New Introduction by Jacob Sherman""A remarkable tribute."" -- The New Statesman""No more appropriate monument could have been devised."" -- Observer""Admirable . . . attractive . . . brilliant."" -- Spectator

Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) is recognized as one of the most important Catholic historians of the twentieth century, authoring numerous books, articles, and scholarly monographs. Dawson was lecturer in the History of Culture, University College, Exeter; Gifford lecturer; Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University from 1958 to 1962; and editor of the Dublin Review.