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Christianity and culture

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Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1968 - Religion - 202 pages
Two long essays: “The Idea of a Christian Society” on the direction of religious thought toward criticism of political and economic systems; and “Notes towards the Definition of Culture” on culture, its meaning, and the dangers threatening the legacy of the Western world.

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Review: Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture

User Review  - Eric Barger - Goodreads

Wow. A meaty read for a short book. I'll have to read it again to really begin to understand everything there. Read full review

Review: Christianity and Culture: The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards the Definition of Culture

User Review  - Kevin - Goodreads

Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish this book before it had to be returned to the library, but I already desperately want a copy. The book contains a series of three essays by Eliot on the necessity ... Read full review

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About the author (1968)

Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a British subject in 1927. The acclaimed poet of The Waste Land, Four Quartets, and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, among numerous other poems, prose, and works of drama, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. T.S. Eliot died in 1965 in London, England, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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