Lord of the World (Summarized Edition) Enriched edition. Antichrist and End Times in a Political Dystopia: 21st-Century London, Catholic Resistance, and Religious Persecution
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Lord of the World imagines an early twentieth century future where humanitarian secularism consolidates a global state, pacifying life through efficiency, spectacle, and euthanasia. At its core are Father Percy Franklin, an English priest, and Julian Felsenburgh, a preternaturally charismatic statesman. Written in urgent, prophetic prose, the novel fuses parliamentary realism, technological fantasia, and liturgical solemnity, staging a Catholic eschatology in dialogue with contemporary utopianism from Wells and Bellamy. Robert Hugh Benson, a Roman Catholic priest and son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, composed the book in 1907 soon after his conversion. Preaching tours, debates over modernism and state power, and wide reading in social prophecy convinced him that optimism about progress hid a spiritual void; the novel turns apologetics into narrative. Recommended for readers of dystopia and political theology, this text offers a prescient meditation on technocracy, mass media, and the temptations of benevolent power. Scholars of religion and literature will value its historical matrix, while general readers will encounter an unsettling, oddly beautiful precursor to later anti-utopias.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable-distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
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