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Home: Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Christian culture and the lives of the saints - Christopher DawsonWhereas the secular historian is in no way committed to the cultures of the past, the Catholic is bound to the past by his belief in the continuity of tradition, so that he sees all the successive ages of the Church and all the different forms of Christian culture as an organic part of one living whole in which he participates. Read more... Christian Culture in the Ancient World - Christopher DawsonThe present article is intended as an abstract of a basic course on the elements of Christian culture for the first of these phases (i.e., Christianity in the Ancient, the Medieval, and the Modern World). Read more... Christianity and Islam in History - Msgr. Walter BrandmüllerI will address the topic of Christianity and Islam by limiting myself to a brief presentation of historical facts, without entering into the specifics of religious and theological dialogue. Read more... Christianity and Progress - Vincent Carroll and David ShiflettChristians, we are often told, are the people marooned on the wrong side of history. Critics charge that Christians have time and again buttressed hierarchy against equality, patriarchy against women's rights, absolutism against individualism, and small-minded tradition against broad-minded tolerance. Such notions are far from the truth. Read more... Christianity and the Soul of Europe - Christopher DawsonAnd so too in Western Europe the tendency seems all towards the development of a purely secular type of culture which subordinates the whole of life to practical and economic ends. Nevertheless a civilization that fails to satisfy the needs of man's spiritual nature cannot be permanently successful... Read more... Christianity as the Soul of the West - Christopher DawsonThe modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution. Read more... Christianity Face to Face with Islam - Robert Louis WilkenNo event during the first millennium was more unexpected, more calamitous, and more consequential for Christianity than the rise of Islam. Read more... Christopher Dawson - Christ in History - GERALD J. RUSSELLOCatholic historian Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) was probably the most penetrating student of the relationship of religion and culture who has ever written. Read more... Clash of civilizations: Battle of Lepanto revisited - Mary Jo AndersonToday, Christians quietly recall the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571. On that date the forces of Islam battled the Holy League in a crucial engagement at Lepanto, the modern day Gulf of Corinth. The date assumes larger significance in light of recent struggles between the West and Islamic jihad. Read more... Columbus and Conquest - Thomas E. Woods, Jr.When the four hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of America was observed in 1892, the atmosphere was one of celebration. Read more... Constantine’s mixed legacy - Father Raymond J. de SouzaSeventeen hundred years ago, Constantine looked up into the sky, and what he saw changed history. Read more... Counselors for the Defense - Robert RoyalIn case you haven’t already noticed, for some years there has been a growing effort in diverse educational and cultural circles to paint Christian history as a blot on human existence. If you have been annoyed at some of the things that your children have been picking up in school, or have not known how to respond to criticisms of Christianity that seems wildly off-base do not miss Vincent Carroll and David Shiflett’s new book Christianity on Trial; Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry. It is a comprehensive, systematic, and fair-minded examination of the facts, a truly remarkable achievement. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the book and Robert Royal’s inspiring review. Read more... Created Equal: How Christianity Shaped The West - Dinesh D'SouzaChristianity is largely responsible for many of the principles and institutions that even secular people cherish -- chief among them equality and liberty. Read more... Crusade Myths - Thomas MaddenWhat is the real story of the Crusades? As you might imagine, it is a long story. But there are good histories, written in the last twenty years, that lay much of it out. For the moment, given the barrage of coverage that the Crusades are getting nowadays, it might be best to consider just what the Crusades were not. Here, then, are some of the most common myths and why they are wrong. Read more... Crusade Propaganda: The abuse of Christianity’s holy wars - Thomas F. MaddenThe crusades are quite possibly the most misunderstood event in European history. Now put this down in your notebook, because it will be on the test: The crusades were in every way a defensive war. They were the West's belated response to the Muslim conquest of fully two-thirds of the Christian world. Read more... Crusading They Went: The deeds and Misdeeds of Our Spiritual Kin - John DerbyshireIn spirit and in values, though at an immense distance, the Crusaders were our kin. While not forgetting their many transgressions, we should weep for what they lost and remember with pride their few astonishing victories. Ville gagnée! Read more... Due Process - Ronald J. Rychlak"I thank Ronald Rychlak for picking up this challenge. We are all in his debt. He has made an enormous contribution to the healing of relations among Catholics and Jews, and to the possibility of discussing important parts of our mutual past in a factual and discriminating way." - Michael Novak Read more... Early Christianity - Father John A. HardonChristianity is unique in the history of world religions. Read more... Ecumenism: In the Nick of Time - Mike AquilinaThere’s a certain kind of Catholic — usually male, but not always — who likes nothing more than a good inter-Christian tussle. Blogger Mark Shea once wrote that if these guys weren’t so devout, they’d be hanging around bars picking fights. Read more... Evidence Surfaces on Hitler Plot to Kill Pius XII - Edward PentinNew evidence about Hitler's plot to kidnap Pope Pius XII. Read more... Four Myths about the Crusades - Paul CrawfordFrom presidential speeches to role-playing games, the crusades are depicted as a deplorably violent episode in which thuggish Westerners trundled off, unprovoked, to murder and pillage peace-loving, sophisticated Muslims. Read more... Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) - Acton Institute"...if a legitimate prince governs tyrannically and no other means of self-defence can be found than the expulsion and deposition of the king, then the people, acting as a whole...may depose him." Read more... From religious roots, the birth of social conscience - Father Raymond J. de SouzaTwo centuries ago tomorrow, the British Parliament passed An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Read more... From Robespierre to al-Qa’eda: categorical extermination - Paul JohnsonAn intellectual is someone who thinks ideas matter more than people. Read more... Galileo - ANNE W. CARROLLIn terms of its effect on science, the scientific revolution was all to the good. However, since the universe came to be seen as working according to rigid laws, God began to be thought of as unnecessary to its day-to-day operation. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [>>] Pages Updated On: Sun May 19 2013 - 14:09:49
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