Overview

For most of modern history, Roman Catholics in Britain were a “rejected minority,” facing hostility and estrangement from a culture increasingly at odds with traditional Christianity. Yet British Catholicism underwent a remarkable intellectual and literary renewal, especially in the twentieth century, drawing a disproportionate number of the age’s leading minds into its ranks. The Third Spring unravels this paradox of a renascent Catholic culture within a post-Christian society. It does so through detailed profiles of the spiritual journeys and religious and cul¬tural beliefs of four seminal members of that twentieth-century revival: G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Christopher Dawson, and David Jones.

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A monumental achievement of research and sensitive literary criticism, combined with an acute awareness of the uniqueness of the individual conversion story. --Crisis Part biography and part literary criticism, the book is at its best when exploring how the conversion experiences of its subjects influenced their critiques of the spirit of their age. . . . --National Catholic Register An elegantly written, carefully researched, and erudite exposition of some of the most seminal voices in British Catholic thought. --Catholic Historical Review Schwartz's comparative analysis adds a great deal to our understanding of these four figures. --American Historical Review A remarkable, indeed a staggering book. Each of the four sections, on Chesterton, Greene, Dawson, and Jones, taken alone, would have made it worthwhile. Taken together, they offer an illuminating analysis of the vigorous Catholic revival that took place in Britain during the early and middle years of the twentieth century. . . . [A] brilliant study. --Modern Age

"""A monumental achievement of research and sensitive literary criticism, combined with an acute awareness of the uniqueness of the individual conversion story.""--Crisis ""Part biography and part literary criticism, the book is at its best when exploring how the conversion experiences of its subjects influenced their critiques of the spirit of their age. . . .""--National Catholic Register ""An elegantly written, carefully researched, and erudite exposition of some of the most seminal voices in British Catholic thought.""--Catholic Historical Review ""Schwartz's comparative analysis adds a great deal to our understanding of these four figures.""--American Historical Review ""A remarkable, indeed a staggering book. Each of the four sections, on Chesterton, Greene, Dawson, and Jones, taken alone, would have made it worthwhile. Taken together, they offer an illuminating analysis of the vigorous Catholic revival that took place in Britain during the early and middle years of the twentieth century. . . . [A] brilliant study.""--Modern Age"

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Adam Schwartz is associate professor of history at Christendom College. Schwartz is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the American Chesterton Society.

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