Books like The glory of Christendom by Warren H. Carroll

A comprehensive history of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, detailing the rise of Adolf Hitler and the collapse of the Third Reich during World War II.

This is the first of a projected six volumes by Dr. Warren H. Carroll on the history of Christendom. It is the fundamental affirmation of Christianity that God entered history as Jesus Christ. Yet history today is almost never written from this Incarnational perspective. The purpose of Dr. Warren H. Carroll's fully documented history of Christendom is to present history from this Christ-centered viewpoint. The first of six volumes, it is essentially the most important because it deals with the life of Christ and the founding of His Church, anticipated by events among both Israelites and Gentiles. This Christian framework shapes a general review of history up to the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The exciting events and dashing leaders of the Near East, Classical Greece, and Republican and Imperial Rome are all described and analyzed from Dr. Carroll's unabashedly Christian and Catholic perspective. "Any good history," declares Dr. Carroll, "should be a good story. Man's past is full of events more dramatic than any ever put on stage. The most dramatic of these events pertain directly to the supreme drama which is the action of Christ in the world, in preparing for His coming, in coming and in living in His Church. There is no law of nature or of scholarship which says that a scholarly and reliable history must be dull, and no reason at all why it should be." Both a gripping, dramatic narrative and an indispensable work of reference for Christian history, this volume, and the entire series of which it is a part, belong in the library of every serious Catholic who desires to understand the work that Christ has done in the world through His Church and His faithful people.

This is the sixth and final volume by Dr. Warren H. Carroll on the history of Christendom. It is concerned with the “crises” of the modern era, the turning points in the diseases which plagued humanity during these two centuries. The book discusses in detail Nazi and Japanese militarism and its crisis in World War II, the damage caused by the inhuman system of Communism and its fall in 1989, and the origins and consequences of the denial of the dignity of the human person in the modern culture of death. Carroll shows the power of evil in the twentieth century, but focuses also on the great popes, in particular Pope John Paul II, and the great apparitions of the Marian Century. He ends with a call to hope and action. In the words of Anne Carroll, “It would be Dr. Carroll’s wish that each reader of this volume would work to build the culture of life in whatever sphere he can, standing with and for the See of Peter and the Holy Catholic Church.” As did earlier volumes in this sweeping series, *The Crisis of Christendom* reflects an unabashedly Christian and Catholic view of history, taking as one of its major themes the centrality of the Papacy to the destiny of the West. Dr. Carroll holds that God and individual men and women, not impersonal social and economic “forces,” make history. The characters and actions of these history-makers, both good and evil, are vividly depicted as essential elements in the triumphs and tragedies of Christian civilization in Europe and the New World for two centuries (1815—2010). Both a gripping, dramatic narrative and an indispensable work of reference for Christian history, this volume, and the entire series of which it is a part, belong in the library of every serious Catholic who desires to understand the work that Christ has done in the world through His Church and His faithful people.

"This book offers a history of the first thousand years of Christianity. Ranging across the Christian world from China to Iceland, the narrative illustrates the diversity of Christian beliefs and practices. It also places the rise of Christianity in the context of other religious traditions, especially Islam. The author draws penetrating portraits of individuals and communities, from St. Patrick and the Irish Church to the Christian communities of Armenia and Mesopotamia." "For the second edition, the book has been thoroughly rewritten and expanded. It includes two new chapters, on monasticism and Irish Christianity. The author has also added an extensive introduction in which he reflects on the scholarly traditions that have influenced his work and explains his current thinking about the book's themes. The revised edition contains new maps, a substantial bibliography, and a number of chronological tables to guide readers."--BOOK JACKET.