Converts, 9780300266078
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Unlikely converts find faith, stability, and meaning in turbulent times.
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Converts

from oscar wilde to muriel spark, why so many became catholic in the 20th century

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    368 pages

  • Release Date

    25 November 2025

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Summary

Converts: Faith, Art, and Intellectual Rebellion in Twentieth-Century Britain

Why did Catholicism attract so many unlikely converts in Britain during the twentieth century?

The twentieth century is understood as an era of growing, inexorable secularism, yet in Britain between the 1890s and the 1960s there was a marked turn to Rome. In the first half of the century, Catholicism became an intellectual and spiritual fashion attracting more than half a million c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780300266078
ISBN-10:0300266073
Author:Melanie McDonagh
Publisher:Yale University Press
Imprint:Yale University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:25 November 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
About The Author

Melanie McDonagh

Melanie McDonagh is a journalist who has written extensively about religion and ideas for the Spectator, The Times, and the Daily Telegraph. She is writer at large for the Evening Standard and leader writer for the Catholic Herald. She has a doctorate in history from the University of Cambridge.

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