Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson, an English Christian author, was born in 1889 and died in 1970.

“It is therefore necessary for educators to make a positive effort to exorcise the ghost of this ancient error and to give the study of Christian culture the place it deserves in modern education.”

“And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens.”

“As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism.”

“It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to human life which is not to be found in the other great oriental religions.”

“But if society as a whole abandons all positive beliefs, it is powerless to resist the disintegrating effects of selfishness and private interest.”
- Christopher Dawson