Permanent things : toward the recovery of a more human scale at the end of the twentieth century /
Permanent Things reminds us that some of the century's most imaginative minds - G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, and Evelyn Waugh - were profoundly at odds with the secularist spirit of the age, seeing progressive enlightenment as ushering in, not a millennium of perf...
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Grand Rapids, Mich :
William B. Eerdmans Publ.,
1995
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ian Crowther
- The great mysterious incorporation of the human race / Russell Kirk
- Father Brown's war on the impermanent things / John Peterson
- Chesterton's Dickens and the literary critics : the thing and the theory / David Whalen
- Waugh's road to affirmation / David Dooley
- "Little systems of order" : Evelyn Waugh's comic irony / Gregory Wolfe
- C.S. Lewis celebrates "patches of Godlight" / George Musacchio
- Chesterton, democracy and the permanent things / Kent R. Hill
- G.K. Chesterton and the science of economics / William F. Campbell
- Finding the permanent in the political : C.S. Lewis as a political thinker / John G. West, Jr.
- What Dorothy L. Sayers found permanent in Dante / Barbara Reynolds
- Perplexity in the Edgeware Road : Four quartet's revisited yet again / Thomas T. Howard
- G.K. Chesterton among the permanent poets / Aidan Mackey
- Darkness at noon : the eclipse of the permanent things / Peter Kreeft
- In defense of permanent truth and value / John A. Sims
- "There are no 'trees' ... only this elm" : C.S. Lewis on the scientific method / Evan K. Gibson
- Some ideas on a Christian core curriculum from the writings of G.K. Chesterton, T.S. Eliot, and Dorothy L. Sayers / Alzina Stone Dale
- C.S. Lewis and the conversion of the West / William J. Abraham
- The recovery of the permanent things : Eliot circa 1930 / Marion Montgomery
- Introduction / Ian Crowther
- The Great Mysterious Incorporation of the Human Race / Russell Kirk
- Father Brown's War on the Impermanent Things / John Peterson
- Chesterton's Dickens and the Literary Critics: The Thing and the Theory / David Whalen
- Waugh's Road to Affirmation / David Dooley
- "Little Systems of Order": Evelyn Waugh's Comic Irony / Gregory Wolfe
- C. S. Lewis Celebrates "Patches of Godlight" / George Musacchio
- Chesterton, Democracy and the Permanent Things / Kent R. Hill
- G. K. Chesterton and the Science of Economics / William F. Campbell
- Finding the Permanent in the Political: C. S. Lewis as a Political Thinker / John G. West, Jr.
- What Dorothy L. Sayers Found Permanent in Dante / Barbara Reynolds
- Perplexity in the Edgeware Road: Four Quartets Revisited Yet Again / Thomas T. Howard
- G. K. Chesterton among the Permanent Poets / Aidan Mackey
- Darkness at Noon: The Eclipse of the Permanent Things / Peter Kreeft
- In Defense of Permanent Truth and Value / John A. Sims
- "There Are No 'Trees'... Only This Elm": C. S. Lewis on the Scientific Method / Evan K. Gibson
- Some Ideas on a Christian Core Curriculum from the Writings of G. K. Chesterton, T. S. Eliot, and Dorothy L. Sayers / Alzina Stone Dale
- C. S. Lewis and the Conversion of the West / William J. Abraham
- The Recovery of the Permanent Things: Eliot circa 1930 / Marion Montgomery