Comments for In Search of Christian Humanism at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 06:42:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/in-search-of-christian-humanism.html#comment-7389 Peter, it's a common way to refer to the resurgence, mostly in France and England, that gave us Newman, Hopkins, Benson, Chesterton, Belloc, Waugh, Graham Greene, David Jones, Blois, Peguy, Maritain Gilson, Claudel, Mauriac, Bernanos, Julien Green, to say nothing of the theologians/spiritual writers like Ronald Knox, Guardini, and many others, cradle Catholics and converts. - Robert Royal Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:20:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/in-search-of-christian-humanism.html#comment-7382 Sounds like an interesting book. But what is this "Catholic cultural renaissance" from 1850-1965 of which you speak? Never heard of it before/ - peterbrown Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:36:14 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/in-search-of-christian-humanism.html#comment-7381 I am a writer and sociologist who has published in Image; I'm also a graduate of the MFA Creative Writing program at Seattle Pacific University, which is affiliated with Image. I urge readers to explore Image and its associated programs, which include a number of excellent seminars and workshops. (No, Greg isn't paying me to say this!) I have found a a lovely and supportive community through them. I am a lifelong Northeastern Catholic who sometimes feels embattled; I have found these programs lifechanging and eye opening. They have helped me to see the culture with hope and to see the beauty of God which persists in art and the everyday. - Ann Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:04:49 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/in-search-of-christian-humanism.html#comment-7379 Wolfe is in good company. Von Balthasar invested tremendous scholarly energy on beauty. - Yezhov Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:33:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/in-search-of-christian-humanism.html#comment-7378 Christian artistic works are a small percentage of all modern artistic works but a much higher percentage of the great artistic works of modern times. This is, I think, because great art must almost necessarily be religious at some level. The reason for this is that religion deals with the greatest and most profound questions and art, to be great, must also deal with these same questions. Thus "cult" is the root of the word "culture." A recent and outstanding example of the intimate tie between religion and truly beautiful art is Malick's film "Tree of Life." It is a profoundly beautiful film and, not coincidentally, a film that praises God. - Dan Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:34:06 +0100