The Death of Christian Culture

By John Senior

Book Overview

First published in 1978, this hard-hitting exposition discusses the root causes of how and why Christian culture is dying. It investigates literature, culture, history, and religion in an attempt to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932528156
• ISBN13: 9781932528152
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: IHS Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Death of Christian Culture

An excellent commentary for the Christian perspective and where we began our steady decline from the Classical education that served us so well for centuries. Lots of meat here, likely to be reread over many years and maintain a permanent space on my bookcase. Should be required reading for those inclined students of Christianity.

The Kraken Awakens

It is hard to believe this book was published in 1979--it is a throwback to a time when culture meant something other than the latest dress featured on "Sex and the City." This cranky book (really, just a stitched together collection of past articles) has a little bit of everything: (1) a good introduction to the philosophy of the East and its beneficial and baleful influence on Christianity; (2) a sketch of modernism in poetry and literature and the pernicious influence of Keats and Arnold; (3) a description of the intersection of freedom, justice, crime and punishment; (4) the disaster resulting from the loss of a classical education (and how Joyce, as being at least "half educated" has pulled the wool over the eyes of the rest of us who are merely "quarter educated"; and (5) a traditional defense of Catholicism as represented in the writings of Newman and the scholastics. Be warned: This is hard-core catholic writing that has the old take-no-prisoners tang to it. A delight to read. Highly recommended (and short, at a mere 175 pages).