T. S. Eliot and Christian Tradition

Benjamin G. Lockerd is professor of English at Grand Valley State University.

Many studies of Eliot's writings have mentioned his religious beliefs, but most have failed to give the topic due weight, and many have misunderstood or misrepresented his faith. T. S. Eliot and Christian Tradition presents the subject of Eliot's religious beliefs in rich detail, from a number of different perspectives, giving readers the opportunity to see the topic in its complexity and fullness.

IntroductionI. Eliot and Anglo-CatholicismWilliam Blissett, "T. S. Eliot and Catholicity"William Blissett, Catholicity: A PrécisII. French Catholic InfluencesJohn Morgenstern, "T. S. Eliot and the French Catholic Revival: 1910-11 Paris"William Marx, "Eliot and Maurras on Classicism"Shun'ichi Takayanagi, S.J., "T. S. Eliot, the Action Française and Neo-Scholasticism"James Matthew Wilson, "An 'Organ for a Frenchified Doctrine': Jacques Maritain, and TheCriterion's Neo-Thomism"III. Christian TraditionWilliam Charron, "Medieval Aristotelian Theories of the Soul in 'Tradition and the IndividualTalent'"Lee Oser, "T. S. Eliot and John Henry Newman"Dominic Manganiello, "T. S. Eliot, Charles Williams, and Dante's Way of Love"Hazel Atkins, "T. S. Eliot, W. R. Lethaby, and Sacred Architecture"IV. Culture and ReligionChristopher McVey, "Backgrounds to The Idea of a Christian Society: Charles MaurrasChristopher Dawson, and Jacques Maritain"Anderson Araujo, "Between 'Absolutism' and 'Impossible Theocracy':Hierarchy in Eliot's Anglo-Catholicism"Paul Robichaud, "Eliot's Christian Sociology and the Problem of Nationalism"Benjamin Lockerd, "Beyond Politics: Christopher Dawson and T. S. Eliot on Religion andCulture"V. ContemporariesJames Seaton, "Poetry and Religion in George Santayana and T. S. Eliot"David Huisman, "'A Long Journey Afoot': The Pilgrimages toward Orthodoxy of T. S. Eliotand Paul Elmer More"Charles Huttar, "C. S. Lewis's Appreciation of T. S. Eliot"Thomas Dilworth, "Eliot for David Jones"BibliographyAbout the Contributors