ABSTRACT

In this book, first published in 1984, Paul Cohen examines the Catholic revival among the young French intelligentsia prior to the First World War. He explores this intellectual revival by studying that period’s "talas", the Catholic students at the elite Ecole Normale Supérieure, and devotes his attention to some of the highest-profile coverts, such as Charles Péguy and Jacques Maritain. This title will be of interest to students of nineteenth- and twentieth-century religious and social history.

chapter |28 pages

Introduction

chapter One|41 pages

The Catholic Avant-Garde: 1890-1914

chapter Two|41 pages

The Springs of Faith

chapter Three|39 pages

The Spirit of Sillon 1906-1910

chapter Four|43 pages

Reason and Faith

chapter Six|53 pages

Left/Right, Mystique/Politique

chapter Seven|29 pages

Conclusion