Integral Humanism Freedom in the Modern World and A Letter on Independence Revised Edition

The three books in this volume were written in france in the early 1930's. maritain accepts the responsibility of a christian philosopher by addressing the problems of civil and world war. he discusses issues such as the relationship between freedom and religion, the opposition of democracy to any form of totalitarianism, the relationship between spirituality and temporality, and how christian civilization in opposition to communism and capitalism. otto a. bird was the founder and first director of the general program of liberal studies at the university of notre dame. he was the author of several books, including cultures in conflict: an essay in the philosophy of the humanities (university of notre dame press, 1978).