John Barry: In his famous Gifford Lectures, Christopher Dawson (1889-1970) made the case that religion is the great impetus behind history and a decisive factor in the rise and fall of civilizations.
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The Key to History - The Catholic Thing

Three-quarters of a century ago, one of the greatest Catholic minds of modern times, praised by numerous secular thinkers as much as by his fellow believers, and …