Christianity and European Culture : Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson

Introduction ix(24) Acknowledgments xxxiii PART ONE The Historic Reality of Christian Culture 3(104) 1. The Outlook for Christian Culture 3(16) 2. What is a Christian Civilization? 19(15) 3. The Six Ages of the Church 34(12) 4. Christian Culture as a Culture of Hope 46(8) 5. The Institutional Forms of Christian Culture 54(11) 6. Civilization in Crisis 65(19) 7. Christianity and Western Culture 84(14) 8. Is the Church Too Western? 98(9) PART TWO Selected Essays 107(144) 1. The Study of Christian Culture 107(11) 2. The Modern Dilemma 118(14) 3. Europe and the Seven Stages of Western Culture 132(20) 4. The Classical Tradition and Christianity 152(18) 5. The Secularization of Western Culture 170(12) 6. The Planning of Culture 182(13) 7. The Kingdom of God and History 195(18) 8. The Christian View of History 213(19) 9. The Recovery of Spiritual Unity 232(19) Index 251