Tag Archives: Christopher Dawson

Communicating Christian hope in a changing world

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Randy Coleman-Riese

We find ourselves back in the same situation as that which the Christians encountered during the decline of the ancient world. Everything depends on whether the Christians … are able to communicate their hope to a world in which man … Continue reading →

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Communicating Hope

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

We find ourselves back in the same situation as that which the Christians encountered during the decline of the ancient world. Everything depends on whether the Christians … are able to communicate their hope to a world in which man … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of the Age

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“It is easy to give way to the dominant tendency to surrender to the spirit of the age and the spirit of the world by shutting our eyes to the errors of public opinion and the evils and injustice of … Continue reading →

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Whence hope?

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“All through history we find plentiful evidence of the same non-moral and irrational tendency which causes idealists and humanitarians to despair. . . . [However] the Christian ought to be the last person in the world to lose hope in … Continue reading →

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The Right Side of History

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Those who prattle on about being on the right side of history are the Pied Pipers who are leading us into a post-historical and post-cultural wilderness — as the great historian Christopher Dawson saw so clearly in 1938 (just before … Continue reading →

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