Europe and the Faith
by Hilaire Belloc
On This Page
Description
The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith. As a young man, Belloc lost his faith. Then came a spiritual event which he never discussed publicly, and which returned him to and confirmed him in his Catholicism for the remainder of his life.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Otra joya de Belloc. Un paseo magistral por la historia, desde el Imperio romano, la aparición del cristianismo y la constitución de la Iglesia Católica, a la cual identifica con la civilización propia de Europa, hasta los albores del "aislamiento del alma" con las consecuencias devastadoras que hoy padecemos.
Belloc is old school Catholic. He is well educated and this book provides some very interesting facts on European history along with Belloc's rather unique perspective. The publisher, "A Universe Book" includes an introduction by Douglas Woodruff which is a good critique and especially insightful.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Books from the Gentle Traditionalist's Bookshelf
29 works; 1 member
Author Information
254+ Works 9,038 Members
Hilaire Belloc, 1870 - 1953 Hilaire Belloc was born in France in 1870, educated at Oxford, and naturalized as a British subject in 1902. Although he began as a writer of humorous verse for children, his works include satire, poetry, history, biography, fiction, and many volumes of essays. With his close friend and fellow Catholic, G. K. show more Chesterton, Belloc founded the New Witness, a weekly newspaper opposing capitalism and free thought and supporting a philosophy known as distributism. The pair was so close in thought and association that George Bernard Shaw nicknamed them Chesterbelloc. During his life, Belloc published over 150 books. Today, however, he is best remembered for only a few works, most notably his light verse, such as Cautionary Tales (1907) and A Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896). Belloc died in 1953 from burns caused when his dressing gown caught fire from the hearth. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1920
- Important places
- Europe
- Original language
- English
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 231
- Popularity
- 140,455
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.18)
- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 34
- ASINs
- 11
