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Home: Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Inquisition - Anne W. CarrollThe Spanish Inquisition and the social/historical context in which it took place is explained in this excerpt from Christ the King: Lord of History. Read more... The Inquisition - FR. WILLIAM G. MOSTThis topic is a favorite for attacking the Church. We need to remember two things: 1) Actions are not the same as teachings. 2) The abuses were much less than most people think. Read more... The Martyr’s Cup - Mike AquilinaThe early Christians give us the signs of the Christian life: The Eucharist celebrated and lives poured out. Read more... The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition - Ellen RiceThe 1994 BBC/A&E production, "The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition" exposes the common understanding that the Inquisition was a vast pogrom of non Catholics as largely the creation of Protestant propaganda. Read more... The Outlook for Christian Culture - Christopher DawsonIn spite of the increasing secularization of culture both in the West and in the world at large, I feel that the outlook for Christian culture is brighter than it has been for a considerable time — perhaps even two hundred and fifty years. Read more... The Patriarchal Family in History - Christopher DawsonThe family is not a product of culture; it is, as Malinowski shows, “the starting point of all human organization” and “the cradle of nascent culture.” Read more... The plot to kill the Pope - John O’SullivanThis May will mark the 25 th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II. It took place on May 13, 1981 in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Only a few weeks earlier, on March 30, Ronald Reagan had survived an attempted assassination in Washington. Read more... The Real History of the Crusades - Thomas F. MaddenThe crusades are quite possibly the most misunderstood event in European history. Most of what passes for public knowledge about it is either misleading or just plain wrong Read more... The Relevance of Christopher Dawson – Book Review - Gerald J. Russello"Progress and Religion" was perhaps the most influential of Christopher Dawson’s many influential books. Anthropology, sociology, philosophy, religion, and history formed the backdrop for the key idea that religion is the soul of a culture and that a society or culture which has lost its spiritual roots is a dying culture. To Dawson, a return to the Christian culture that had formed Western civilization was the only remedy for a world adrift. Read more... The Rights of Man - Christopher DawsonIn the victory of the American Revolution European liberals saw the justification of their ideals and the realization of their hopes. It turned the current of the Enlightenment in a political direction and infused a revolutionary purpose into the democratic idealism of Rousseau. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [>>] Pages Updated On: 18-Nov-2009 - 14:43:13
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