In the following essay, Olin examines the long history of religious reform and explains how the efforts of Renaissance humanists to lessen the disparity between the ideal and reality influenced Church...
Read more
In the following essay, Mullett examines how the Catholic Reformation influenced baroque art, including architecture, poetry, drama, and music.
In this final chapter we shall consider the relations...
Read more
In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture in May 1951, Evennett analyzes the Spiritual Exercises St. Ignatius had developed as a technique for conversion and describes their influence....
Read more
In the following essay, first published in 1968, Dickens discusses some of the prominent fifteenth- and sixteenth-century writers of the Catholic Reformation.
The period of decline in medieval Cath...
Read more
In the following essay, Jensen discusses how the religious censorship practiced by the Elizabethan government was challenged in a sermon by Bishop John Jewell and a manuscript by Edmund Campion.
Wr...
Read more
More children (age four and younger) die from child abuse than any other single leading cause of death for infants and young children. (http://www.childhelpusa.com/) Abuse has many forms. It can b...
Read more
The Catholic Reformation, which started in 1517,was a great 16th-century religious revolution in the Christian Church. This ended that pope's reign in the Western hemisphere, and resulted in the estab...
Read more
The Lutheran and Catholic Reformations of the 16th century can be differentiated through both conflicting and common reforms. Only in understanding both the history behind a religious movement and th...
Read more
The Reformation of the Catholic Church was an important event in the history of the world. There were numerous causes of the reformation and its effects would help shape modern culture.
Corrupt an...
Read more
Critical Essay by John C. Olin
Causal Analysis of Child Abuse
