LEADER 03450cam a2200493Ii 4500001 280859 005 20240621234946.0 008 210918t20192019enkac b 001 0 eng d 010 2019302876 015 GBB976705 |2bnb 020 1526132532 |q(hardback) 020 9781526132536 |q(hardback) 020 |z9781526132550 |q(ePub ebook) 020 |z9781526132543 |q(PDF ebook) 035 (OCoLC)on1053903609 035 280859 043 e-uk--- 049 LHMA 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dOCLCQ |dBDX |dYDXIT |dUKMGB |dPTS |dOCLCF |dDLC |dCBY |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 4 DA566.4 |b.W66 2019 100 1 Wood, J. Carter |q(John Carter), |d1970- |eauthor. 245 10 This is your hour : |bChristian intellectuals in Britain and the crisis of Europe, 1937-49 / |cJohn Carter Wood. 264 1 Manchester : |bManchester University Press, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 xi unnumbered pages, 304 pages : |billustrations, portraits ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index. 505 0 List of illustrations -- Preface -- The meetings of "the Moot" -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: "This is your hour" -- THe "Oldham group," 1937-49: people, organisations and aims -- Explorations on the frontier: I Faith and the social order -- Explorations on the frontier: II Engaging with "the secular" -- Between mammon and Marx: capitalism, Communism and "planning for freedom" -- "The rock of human sanity stands int he sea where it always stood": nationalism, universalism and Europe -- "A new order of liberty": freedom, democracy and liberalism -- "The democratizing of aristocracy": egalitarianism and elitism -- Conclusion -- BIbliography -- Index. 520 In the 1930s and 1940s - amid the crises of totalitarianism, war and a perceived cultural collapse in the democratic West - a high-profile group of mostly Christian intellectuals met to map out 'middle ways' through the 'age of extremes'. Led by the missionary and ecumenist Joseph H. Oldham, the group included prominent writers, thinkers and activists such as T. S. Eliot, John Middleton Murry, Karl Mannheim, John Baillie, Alec Vidler, H. A. Hodges, Christopher Dawson, Kathleen Bliss and Michael Polanyi. The 'Oldham group' saw faith as a uniquely powerful resource for social and cultural renewal, and it represents a fascinating case study of efforts to renew freedom in a dramatic confrontation with totalitarianism. The group's story will appeal to those interested in the cultural history of the Second World War and the issue of applying faith to the 'modern' social order. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Great Britain |xIntellectual life |y20th century. 651 0 Great Britain |xSocial life and customs. 650 0 Popular culture |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y20th century. 650 7 Intellectual life. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00975769 650 7 Manners and customs. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 Popular culture. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01071344 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iebook version : |z9781526132550 852 0 |bscstacks |hDA566.4 |i.W66 2019