The Lord of History Caryll Houselander strongly bound up with the

strongly bound up with the things of the world

and politics

Orton spent the bulk of his teaching career at Smith College

” Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil indicts Christianity for the corr­uption of desire

” Houselander’s critical faculty made charity a constant challenge—despite her persistent efforts to “see Christ in everyone

The Lord of History Caryll Houselander strongly bound up with theBy Jean Danilou, S. J. Christianity makes the sublimely singular claim, in the arresting phrase of Joseph Ratzinger, that the fate of history, our fate, depends on one individual: Jesus of Nazareth. The Lord of History is a fitting title, then, to Jean Danilous extended examen of the mystery of history, a sweeping synthesis of Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the living tradition. First, Danilou sets forth the relationship between sacred and profane