The cultural historian Christopher Dawson has been called one of the foremost Catholic thinkers of modern times. When he retired from Harvard in 1962, Pope John XXIII sent him an Apostolic blessing. Dawson once observed that “the first step in the transformation of culture is a change in the pattern of culture within the mind.” Joseph Stuart joins us to talk more about Dawson and cultural transformation.

Further Reading

Christopher Dawson: The Medium of Culture in Political Theory

Guest Info

Joseph Stuart is program chair of history and a fellow of Catholic Studies at the University of Mary. He’s the author of Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War

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