Protestant and Catholic Culture | Episode CXII

About this episode

This episode discusses the cultural dynamics between Protestant and Catholic traditions in England since the Reformation, referencing T.S. Eliot's views on culture.

Send us Fan Mail Since the time of the Reformation, England has had an established Church alongside a rich variety of Protestant Dissenters as well as a group of Roman Catholic hold-outs. The country exemplifies the tense but productive diversity in "sect and cult" which T.S. Eliot describes in his book Notes Toward the Definition of Culture. A proper balance of unity and diversity in religion is one of the three necessary conditions, Eliot says, for a thriving culture. In this episode, Jonat...

Topics covered

• Protestant culture
• Catholic culture
• Reformation
• religious diversity
• T.S. Eliot
• cultural unity

Keywords

• Protestant
• Catholic
• Reformation
• T.S. Eliot
• cultural diversity
• sect and cult
• England

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Church of England, Protestant Dissenters, Roman Catholic

Books & works: Notes Toward the Definition of Culture

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