{"product_id":"this-is-your-hour-christian-intellectuals-in-britain-and-the-crisis-of-europe-1937-49-paperback","title":"This Is Your Hour: Christian Intellectuals in Britain and the Crisis of Europe, 1937-49 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Carter Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines responses of a Christian intellectual group in 1930s and 1940s Britain to totalitarianism and war. Seeking 'middle ways' through what has been called the 'age of extremes', the group sought to apply faith to the social order, influence public opinion and inspire a social renewal in the years surrounding the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this erudite and clearly argued book, John Carter Wood has done the valuable service of re-connecting a prominent circle of Christian thinkers to the wider intellectual history of the 1930s and 1940s.' \u003ci\u003ePippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster\u003c\/i\u003e 'This study mediates a rich legacy of wisdom and still-relevant questions which readers will find both highly informative and intellectually stimulating for the contemporary discussion.' \u003ci\u003eKeith Clements, biographer of J. H. Oldham and former General Secretary for the Conference of European Churches\u003c\/i\u003e Amid the growing political darkness of the late 1930s, a group of mostly Christian intellectuals met to diagnose the crises facing Europe and propose solutions. Assembled by leading missionary and ecumenist Joseph H. Oldham, it included prominent writers, thinkers and activists, notably T. S. Eliot, John Middleton Murry, Karl Mannheim and Michael Polanyi. Its efforts took on added intensity with the outbreak of the Second World War, and it continued into the post-war years of austerity and social reconstruction. The members of the 'Oldham group' saw faith as a uniquely powerful resource for cultural and social renewal. They engaged with the major issues, ideas and thinkers of the age, seeking ways to integrate diverse Christian viewpoints, reconcile faith and secular society and re-shape British society. Connected to their era's most influential Christian thinkers - such as Reinhold Niebuhr, William Temple and Jacques Maritain - the group represents a fascinating case study of those who sought to renew freedom in a dramatic confrontation with totalitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In this erudite and clearly argued book, John Carter Wood has done the valuable service of re-connecting a prominent circle of Christian thinkers to the wider intellectual history of the 1930s and 1940s.'\u003cbr\u003e Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'This study mediates a rich legacy of wisdom and still-relevant questions which readers will find both highly informative and intellectually stimulating for the contemporary discussion.' \u003cbr\u003e Keith Clements, biographer of J. H. Oldham and former General Secretary for the Conference of European Churches \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the growing political darkness of the late 1930s, a group of mostly Christian intellectuals met to diagnose the crises facing Europe and propose solutions. Assembled by leading missionary and ecumenist Joseph H. Oldham, it included prominent writers, thinkers and activists, notably T. S. Eliot, John Middleton Murry, Karl Mannheim and Michael Polanyi. Its efforts took on added intensity with the outbreak of the Second World War, and it continued into the post-war years of austerity and social reconstruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe members of the 'Oldham group' saw faith as a uniquely powerful resource for cultural and social renewal. They engaged with the major issues, ideas and thinkers of the age, seeking ways to integrate diverse Christian viewpoints, reconcile faith and secular society and re-shape British society. Connected to their era's most influential Christian thinkers - such as Reinhold Niebuhr, William Temple and Jacques Maritain - the group represents a fascinating case study of those who sought to renew freedom in a dramatic confrontation with totalitarianism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Carter Wood is Adjunct Lecturer in Modern History at Johannes Gutenberg University and Affiliated Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of European History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47466445701298,"sku":"9781526152565","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/afad993782cc5cfd36816b5f0fd1dc97.webp?v=1779021858","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/this-is-your-hour-christian-intellectuals-in-britain-and-the-crisis-of-europe-1937-49-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}