{"product_id":"the-church-the-rise-and-fall-of-modernity-dawsons-lost-essays-paperback","title":"The Church \u0026 the Rise and Fall of Modernity: Dawson's Lost Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMikael Thompson de Grisvaldi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChurch Among the Ruins - Essays on the Rise and Fall of Modern Civilisation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did we get here-and what comes next?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Modern West is \u003ci\u003eunraveling\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e We might stand against the machine, but what is really behind the unmaking of humanity, and how did it come to this? In this penetrating historical analysis, these \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003erediscovered essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e bring together the \u003cb\u003eprophetic insights of Christopher Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e - one of the twentieth century's most penetrating Catholic thinkers - with a message more urgent than ever: \u003ci\u003emodern civilisation, stripped of its spiritual roots, cannot survive\u003c\/i\u003e. Beneath the surface of technology, consumerism, and global politics lies \u003cb\u003ethe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edeeper crisis\u003c\/b\u003e: the spiritual and cultural disinheritance of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith clarity and spiritual depth, Dawson exposes the\u003cb\u003e illusions of progress\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003esecularisation of history\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003efalse myth of inevitable human advancement\u003c\/b\u003e. These essays take the reader on a sweeping journey through time - from the Christian transformation of Rome, to the utopian fantasies of Enlightenment rationalists, to the sweeping revolution of Industrialism, to the totalitarian and post-Christian crises of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYet this is no mere lamentation.\u003c\/b\u003e Dawson offers a hopeful yet uncompromising Catholic vision: a restoration rooted in the Incarnation, the primacy of culture over politics, and the recovery of the Church's formative role in history. These essays challenge both the learned and the faithful to rediscover the spiritual centre of Western civilisation so that we might not cling to the tired out ruins of modernity, but begin anew in Christ. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book offers a refreshing perspective - and a challenge. \u003c\/b\u003eDawson calls the Church, and all faithful Christians, to rediscover their unique mission: not to accommodate modernity, but to re-evangelise itself. The road to restoration, he shows, begins with understanding our past - with hope in God. \n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776670982341,"sku":"9781735657875","price":36.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/hTCvkT6uFk9781735657875.webp?v=1770552806","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-church-the-rise-and-fall-of-modernity-dawsons-lost-essays-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}