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A Deeper Vision

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert Royal

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A Deeper Vision

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century

By: Robert Royal

In this wide-ranging and ambitious volume, Robert Royal, a prominent participant for many years in debates about religion and contemporary life, offers a comprehensive and balanced appraisal of the Catholic intellectual tradition in the twentieth century. The Catholic Church values both Faith and Reason, and Catholicism has given rise to extraordinary ideas and whole schools of remarkable thought, not just in the distant past but throughout the troubled decades of the twentieth century. Royal presents in a single volume a sweeping but readable account of how Catholic thinking developed in philosophy, theology, Scripture studies, culture, literature, and much more in the twentieth century. This involves great figures, recognized as such both inside and outside the Church, such as Jacques Maritain, Bernard Lonergan, Joseph Pieper, Edith Stein, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Romano Guardini, Karl Rahner, Henri du Lubac, Karol Wojtyla, Joseph Ratzinger, Hans Urs von Balthasar,Charles Peguy, Paul Claudel, George Bernanos, Francois Mauriac, G. K. Chesterton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Christopher Dawson, Graham Greene, Sigrid Undset, J. R. R. Tolkien, Czeslaw Milosz, and many more. Royal argues that without rigorous thought, Catholicism - however welcoming and nourishing it might be - would become something like a doctor with a good bedside manner, but who knows little medicine. It has always been the aspiration of the Catholic tradition to unite emotion and intellect, action and contemplation. But unless we know what the tradition has already produced - especially in the work of the great figures of the recent past - we will not be able to answer the challenges that the modern world poses, or even properly recognize the true questions we face. This is a reflective, non-polemical work that brings together various strands of Catholic thought in the twentieth century. A comprehensive guide to the recent past - and the future.

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Ignatius Press

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1681496852

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9781681496856

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 6

Sixth Series

By: Royal Historical Society

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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 6

Sixth Series

By: Royal Historical Society

Offers readers an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians.

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292

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Cambridge University Press

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0521583306

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9780521583305

Porter, Steward, Citizen

An African American's Memoir of World War I

By: Royal A. Christian

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Porter, Steward, Citizen

An African American's Memoir of World War I

By: Royal A. Christian

In 1917, the year the United States entered the Great War, Colonel Moorhead C. Kennedy, one of the most powerful men in the state of Pennsylvania and now the Deputy Director General of Transportation for the American Expeditionary Force, asked his African American valet if he would like to accompany him on an overseas mission. The valet's reaction was "Yes, sir." And he, as he recounted years later, "at once had visions of France." So began Royal Christian's odyssey in Europe. After a tumultuous crossing of the Atlantic as a third class steward on board a British steamship, he survived London's aerial bombing and then celebrated the end of the war in that city's streets. At last, he reached the long anticipated Paris, where he could admire the Eiffel Tower and the astonishing windows of Notre Dame. Royal Christian chronicled his extraordinary experiences in a memoir, Roy's Trip to the Battlefields of Europe, that was privately published in 1919. Rich in historical details, cultural observations, and political reflections, this book is a vital testimony to the history of African American men participating in World War I. After almost a century, Pellom McDaniels III has unearthed this gem, providing an elegantly annotated edition of Christian's memoir. Porter, Steward, Citizen nods both directly and indirectly to the challenges that African Americans encountered in their efforts to serve the cause of freedom and democracy, even as they were denied access to those rights by Jim Crow laws at home. Christian's unique story vividly illustrates how the war helped African American men claim a sense of manhood tied to their military service, and their efforts to transform themselves and their families into full-fledged American citizens. While race often served as a barrier in the army, this book suggests that some black men managed to take advantage of their outsider-within status and thrive: elevating not only themselves but also their community within a society that maintained a deep and abiding attachment to the myth of white supremacy.

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201

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Oxford University Press

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0190645210

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9780190645212

The God That Did Not Fail

How Religion Built and Sustains the West

By: Robert Royal

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The God That Did Not Fail

How Religion Built and Sustains the West

By: Robert Royal

Secular humanists and other “progressives” have been predicting the demise of religion for the past 250 years. But they keep running into a problem: those who were supposed to be liberated by the secular gospel that God is Dead aren’t buying it. Except for some parts of western Europe and in countries culturally destroyed by Communism, secularization in the radical sense has not occurred. While it has not obliterated the religious impulse, however, the drive towards “progressive irreligion” has, Robert Royal believes, encouraged ignorance of religion’s central role in the development of the West. In The God That Did Not Fail, Royal offers an original reading of religion in ancient Greece and Rome, of Christianity and Judaism, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, the several modern Enlightenments, culminating with a profound assessment of our current postmodern moment. He concludes that since religion is a permanent part of human nature and of the particular character of the West, our efforts should be directed not into a quixotic effort to deny the undeniable, especially as we face challenges from Islamic fundamentalism, but into promoting a well thought out and dynamic interplay of faith, reason, and modern freedoms.

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340

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Encounter Books

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1594035172

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After Easter

How Christ's Resurrection Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

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After Easter

How Christ's Resurrection Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

After Easter provides a brief case for the historical reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and describes the impact of His rising from the dead. Each chapter ends with a few simple thought-provoking questions for individual reflection or small group discussion. The full Gospel of John is also included, making this the perfect leave-behind tool for personal evangelism. After Easter, everything changed.

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144

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B&H Publishing Group

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1433608138

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9781433608131

Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan. Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of Geography, Population, Politics of Ancient and Modern Nations

Vol. 1-2

By: Royal Robbins

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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan. Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of Geography, Population, Politics of Ancient and Modern Nations

Vol. 1-2

By: Royal Robbins

Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.

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710

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368745875

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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan

Vol. 1-2

By: Royal Robbins

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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan

Vol. 1-2

By: Royal Robbins

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.

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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan. Embracing Biographical Notices of Illustrious Persons and General Views of Geography, Population, Politics of Ancient and Modern Nations

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Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan

Outlines of Ancient and Modern History on a New Plan

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