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Nice historical analysis, dated economic analysis
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The Crisis of Civilization
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Here the great Belloc shows that ever since the disaster of the Protestant Reformation, Western civilization (which was formed by the Catholic Faith) has been coming apart--since Calvinism opened the door to usury, unbridled competition, the domination of the mind by money, and ultimately the return of slavery. Belloc says our 2 choices are a return to Catholicism or chaos! Essential for anyone who would understand our world today!
224 pages, Paperback
First published February 24,1973
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224 pages, Paperback
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October 3, 1992 by TAN Books
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9780895554628
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0895554623
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English
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Hilaire Belloc was a French-British writer, historian, poet, and orator, known for his sharp wit, extensive literary output, and strong political and religious convictions. Born in France to a French father and an English mother, he was educated at Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a debater and scholar. Throughout his career, he wrote prolifically across a wide range of genres, producing histories, essays, travelogues, poetry, and satirical works.
Among his best-known writings are Cautionary Tales for Children, a collection of humorous yet dark moral verses, and his historical works, which often reflected his staunch Catholicism and critique of Protestant interpretations of history. He was a leading advocate of distributism, an economic theory promoting small-scale property ownership as a middle ground between capitalism and socialism, which he championed alongside his close friend G.K. Chesterton.
In politics, Belloc served as a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party but grew disillusioned with the political establishment. His polemical style and strong opinions made him a controversial figure, particularly in his critiques of modernism, secularism, and financial capitalism, which he viewed as threats to traditional Christian society.
Belloc's literary legacy is vast, and his influence extends into both historical and literary circles. His writing, characterized by erudition, humor, and a forceful rhetorical style, continues to be studied and appreciated for its intellectual vigor and unique perspective on history, society, and human nature.
Among his best-known writings are Cautionary Tales for Children, a collection of humorous yet dark moral verses, and his historical works, which often reflected his staunch Catholicism and critique of Protestant interpretations of history. He was a leading advocate of distributism, an economic theory promoting small-scale property ownership as a middle ground between capitalism and socialism, which he championed alongside his close friend G.K. Chesterton.
In politics, Belloc served as a Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party but grew disillusioned with the political establishment. His polemical style and strong opinions made him a controversial figure, particularly in his critiques of modernism, secularism, and financial capitalism, which he viewed as threats to traditional Christian society.
Belloc's literary legacy is vast, and his influence extends into both historical and literary circles. His writing, characterized by erudition, humor, and a forceful rhetorical style, continues to be studied and appreciated for its intellectual vigor and unique perspective on history, society, and human nature.
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Buen libro, es contundente, con el estilo enérgico de Belloc, la primera parte explica la crisis de la civilización, en especial en su origen histótico, y luego el momento presente, y hacia el final nos señala lo que él cree que son las medidas que podemos tomar para remediarla. Un llamado a todo católico para ponerse en acción.
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I read this years ago and liked it more than I do now. Apparently I forgot about what Belloc sees as the crisis of Christendom - the Reformation. The book is still good, and says a lot of great things (Islam is not a religion, it is a Christian heresy, etc.).
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Belloc is so good.
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if you are protestant, you don't necessarily have to agree with his suggestion that the reformation was the straw that broke the camel's back in western civilization in order to sympathize with his suggestion that the consequences of the reformation have been catastrophic to western civilization. Belloc paints an engrossing historical portrait of the downfall of Christendom culminating in the economic injustices which we still have today, all the while showing how the reformation is to blame. a must read in the area of church history and economics from a catholic perspective.
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Profound, poignant, erudite: Belloc on the tragedy of the Reformation, the loss of Christendom, the rise of capitalism ...
For anyone interested, much more on this theme can also be found in various pieces in the Belloc section of my site: http://corjesusacratissimum.org/tag/h... ...
O Belloc! O Christendom! ...
For anyone interested, much more on this theme can also be found in various pieces in the Belloc section of my site: http://corjesusacratissimum.org/tag/h... ...
O Belloc! O Christendom! ...
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Hilaire Belloc was an English, Roman Catholic, historian around the turn of the 20th century. He was chums with G.K. Chesterton. They ran a newspaper together, conjured up their own economic theory, called "Distributism", and generally antagonized Bertrand Russell whenever possible.
Hint: By "Crisis", he means social crisis.
Spoiler: The crisis was the Protestant Reformation.
This was the first time I had heard a persuasive case advancing anything negative about the Reformation. It was a little scary for me.
Hint: By "Crisis", he means social crisis.
Spoiler: The crisis was the Protestant Reformation.
This was the first time I had heard a persuasive case advancing anything negative about the Reformation. It was a little scary for me.
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Al leer este libro me sentí en un salón lleno de anti-protestantes dogmáticos. Para un protestante el ambiente de este libro es bastante hostil... Pero es bueno, lo releería en un futuro.
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