Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson is widely regarded as one of the most important historians of the twentieth century. Commended for his sophisticated approach to history, Dawson focused much of his writing on the important relationship between religion and culture. He is the author of such seminal works as Progress and Religion (Sheed & Ward, 1929), Religion and the Rise of Western Culture (Sheed & Ward, 1950), Religion and Culture (Sheed & Ward, 1948), and the Crisis of Western Education (Sheed & Ward, 1961).