Free T. S. Eliot And Christian Tradition Ebooks Online
T. S. Eliot was raised in the Unitarian faith of his family in St. Louis but drifted away from their beliefs while studying philosophy, mysticism, and anthropology at Harvard. During a year in Paris, he became involved with a group of Catholic writers and subsequently went through a gradual conversion to Catholic Christianity.Many studies of Eliot's writings have mentioned his religious beliefs, but most have failed to give the topic due weight, and many have misunderstood or misrepresented his faith. More recently, scholars have begun exploring this dimension of Eliot's thought more carefully and fully. In this book readers will find Eliot's Anglo-Catholicism accurately defined and thoughtfully considered. Essays illuminate the all-important influence of the French Catholic writers he came to know in Paris. Prominent among them were those who wrote for or were otherwise associated with the Nouvelle Revue Française, including André Gide, Paul Claudel, and Charles-Louis Philippe. Also active in Paris at that time was the notorious Charles Maurras, whose influence on Eliot has been exaggerated by those who wished to discredit Eliot's traditionalist views. A more measured assessment of Maurras's influence has been needed and is found in several essays here. A wiser French Catholic writer, Jacques Maritain, has been largely ignored by Eliot scholars, but his influence is now given due consideration. The keynote of Eliot's cultural and political writings is his belief that religion and culture are integrally related. Several contributors examine his ideas on this subject, placing them in the context of Maritain's ideas, as well as those of the Catholic historian Christopher Dawson.Contributors take account of Eliot's intellectual relationship with such figures as John Henry Newman, Charles Williams, and the expert on church architecture, W. R. Lethaby. Eliot's engagement with other contemporaries who held a variety of Christian beliefs—including George Santayana, Paul Elmer More, C. S. Lewis, and David Jones—is also explored.This collection presents the subject of Eliot's religious beliefs in rich detail, from a number of different perspectives, giving readers the opportunity to see the topic in its complexity and fullness.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (June 18, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1611476119
ISBN-13: 978-1611476118
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item
Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #601 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Literature & Fiction > Poetry #2114 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Themes & Styles > Inspirational & Religious #2383 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Anthologies
T. S. Eliot and Christian Tradition The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking: A Student's Guide (Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition) Impossible Modernism: T. S. Eliot, Walter Benjamin, and the Critique of Historical Reason Six Drawing Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) T. S. Eliot: Collected Poems, 1909-1962 (The Centenary Edition) Essential Eliot CD (Caedmon Essentials) Christian Worldview: A Student's Guide (Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition) The Human Tradition in Modern Japan (The Human Tradition around the World series) Crisis and Renewal: The Era of the Reformations (Westminster History of Christian Thought) (Westminster Histories of Christian Thought) (The Westminster History of Christian Thought) Silence and Witness: The Quaker Tradition (Traditions of Christian Spirituality.) Ethics and Moral Reasoning: A Student's Guide (Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition) Poverty and Joy: The Franciscan Tradition (Traditions of Christian Spirituality.) The Parables: Jewish Tradition and Christian Interpretation The New Testament and the People of God/ Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol.1 (Christian Origins and the Question of God (Paperback)) Christian Coloring Cards: Beautiful Blessings and Psalms to Color and Share: A Spiritual & Inspirational Christian Coloring Book for Adults with ... Coloring Books for Adults) (Volume 1) Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power—And How They Can Be Restored Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian : Adult Development and Christian Faith An Introduction to the Old Testament, Second Edition: The Canon and Christian Imagination (Canon & Christian Imagination) Christian Crafts from Paper Plates (Christian Craft Series) Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World (Christian Library)
