Religion and World History: A Selection from the Works of Christopher Dawson

ancient Augustine become bourgeois Brahmin Buddhism Byzantine Catharist Catholic Catholicism centre century Chapter character Chris Christendom Christian Christian culture Christopher Dawson Church classical conception Confucian consciousness Counter-Reformation cult democracy democratic divine doctrine Dublin Review economic elements essentially ethical Etruscans Europe European evil existence external faith forces Frederick Copleston Greek Hegel Hellenic human humanist idea ideal individual influence inspired intellectual intelligentsia knowledge liberal ligion living Marx material mediaeval ment mind modern moral movement mystery mystical nature Nevertheless organisation oriental pagan past philosophy political possessed primitive principle prophetic Protestant Protestantism realised reality reform regarded religious representative Revolution revolutionary rites ritual Roman Empire Rome sacred saints salvation secular secularisation sense social society soul spiritual Sufism supernatural Taoists Thomas Merton thought tian tion totalitarian tradition transcends true ture unity universal Upanishads vital West whole Yahweh Zoroastrian