Essays of a Catholic
Author: Hilaire BellocPublisher: TAN Books
Publication Date: 2003-10-03
Format: Paperback
Pages: 245
9780895554635
From his dissection of ‘The New Paganism’ and analysis of ‘Usury’ to his musings on ‘The Schools’ and ‘The Catholic Church and The Modern State’, Belloc turns his keen eye towards some of the most challenging issues faced by modern society today. His unique perspective -- complemented by sound textual evidence and powerful arguments -- will have readers questioning their assumptions while re-thinking their beliefs in sometimes surprisingly provocative ways.
At its core, Essays of a Catholic focuses on belloc's unwavering confidence in the Catholic faith. With his writing well ahead of its time, belloc predicted the chaos we now witness throughout the world many years before it took place. In this way, Essays Of A Catholic stands out not only as informative but timeless - providing us with a tonic sorely needed in these chaotic times.
Hilaire Belloc was an Anglo-French writer and historian. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. He was known as a writer, orator, poet, sailor, satirist, man of letters, soldier and political activist. His Catholic faith had a strong impact on his works. He was President of the Oxford Union and later MP for Salford from 1906 to 1910. He was a noted disputant, with a number of long-running feuds, but also widely regarded as a humane and sympathetic man. Belloc became a naturalised British subject in 1902, while retaining his French citizenship. Belloc wrote on myriad subjects, from warfare to poetry to the many current topics of his day. He has been called one of the Big Four of Edwardian Letters,[17] along with H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw, and G. K. Chesterton, all of whom debated with each other into the 1930s.