Books - Christendom trilogy:The Formation of Christendom (1967);The Dividing of Christendom (1965); and The Return to Christian Unity by Christopher Dawson (1889-1970)

Dawson’s Christendom and 

the Catholic Intellectual Life

by Bradley J. Birzer

Although largely ignored in its day, Christopher Dawson’s Christendomtrilogy

 is the masterwork of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers.

As it turned out, the Christendom trilogy served as the last great work of English-Welsh historian and man of letters Christopher Dawson (1889-1970). Sort of. The trilogy derived, originally, from lectures Dawson had delivered while teaching at Harvard University between 1958 and 1962. As desired, the Christendom trilogy would consist of The Formation of Christendom (1967);The Dividing of Christendom (1965); and The Return to Christian Unity. (1) In the broad, each volume represented one of three great periods of the Christian world: the ancient-medieval nexus; the Reformation and Counter Reformation; and the Church in the age of democracy, nationalisms, and ideologies.

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The Formation of Christendom remains as a soul put forth into the world, witnessing to the brilliance of Christopher Dawson as well as a deep encouragement for our lives to be as intellectually and soulfully alive. That is, to be Catholic.
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