The Idea of a Christian Society by T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York,
Page Count: 104
Hardcover
Eliot commands attention today for his outstanding poetry and, lately, for the pop canon musical Cats. Like Emily Dickinson, he will outlast the multitudes of poets to remain among the leading dozen that have ever written in English. But that is all background to this book, which is an exposition of the social consequences of his religious faith. A convert from Unitarianism to what is called Anglo-Catholicism, his faith fed into his poetry and his views as a citizen. This volume asks what a genuinely Chrisitan society would like if the principles undergirded politics and the economy etc. This is not a new strain of religious philosophy, and it tends to emerge when the old certainties are fading and/or other faiths and modernism in general are undercutting tradition. Eliot was sincere, and one can only imagine his horror when WW2 started mere months after he delivered the lectures the presaged the book. Issued in 1940, it was a prayer in a tempest, but at least he had the courage of his convictions.
This is a first US edition. The provenance of this book is visible in the library markings. This book was held in the library of the Abbey of the Genesee, a Trappist monastery in Piffard NY. The abbey deaccessioned books where it had duplicates or ready access to the knowledge in other formats.
Condition: The dust jacket is present but held within a plasticine wrapper. The inside covers and the title page are Fair. This is due to the library markings and notations by a prior owner pocket. The condition of the actual cover and the complete interior text is Fair to Good.
Author: T. S. Eliot
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York,
Page Count: 104
Hardcover
Eliot commands attention today for his outstanding poetry and, lately, for the pop canon musical Cats. Like Emily Dickinson, he will outlast the multitudes of poets to remain among the leading dozen that have ever written in English. But that is all background to this book, which is an exposition of the social consequences of his religious faith. A convert from Unitarianism to what is called Anglo-Catholicism, his faith fed into his poetry and his views as a citizen. This volume asks what a genuinely Chrisitan society would like if the principles undergirded politics and the economy etc. This is not a new strain of religious philosophy, and it tends to emerge when the old certainties are fading and/or other faiths and modernism in general are undercutting tradition. Eliot was sincere, and one can only imagine his horror when WW2 started mere months after he delivered the lectures the presaged the book. Issued in 1940, it was a prayer in a tempest, but at least he had the courage of his convictions.
This is a first US edition. The provenance of this book is visible in the library markings. This book was held in the library of the Abbey of the Genesee, a Trappist monastery in Piffard NY. The abbey deaccessioned books where it had duplicates or ready access to the knowledge in other formats.
Condition: The dust jacket is present but held within a plasticine wrapper. The inside covers and the title page are Fair. This is due to the library markings and notations by a prior owner pocket. The condition of the actual cover and the complete interior text is Fair to Good.
Author: T. S. Eliot
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York,
Page Count: 104
Hardcover
Eliot commands attention today for his outstanding poetry and, lately, for the pop canon musical Cats. Like Emily Dickinson, he will outlast the multitudes of poets to remain among the leading dozen that have ever written in English. But that is all background to this book, which is an exposition of the social consequences of his religious faith. A convert from Unitarianism to what is called Anglo-Catholicism, his faith fed into his poetry and his views as a citizen. This volume asks what a genuinely Chrisitan society would like if the principles undergirded politics and the economy etc. This is not a new strain of religious philosophy, and it tends to emerge when the old certainties are fading and/or other faiths and modernism in general are undercutting tradition. Eliot was sincere, and one can only imagine his horror when WW2 started mere months after he delivered the lectures the presaged the book. Issued in 1940, it was a prayer in a tempest, but at least he had the courage of his convictions.
This is a first US edition. The provenance of this book is visible in the library markings. This book was held in the library of the Abbey of the Genesee, a Trappist monastery in Piffard NY. The abbey deaccessioned books where it had duplicates or ready access to the knowledge in other formats.
Condition: The dust jacket is present but held within a plasticine wrapper. The inside covers and the title page are Fair. This is due to the library markings and notations by a prior owner pocket. The condition of the actual cover and the complete interior text is Fair to Good.