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As a corrective, Sheen first offers a threefold analysis of the ideas behind modern religion: expository, historical, and critical; second, he presents the constructive, intelligible, and natural foundation for religion.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFrom the pen of a peerless apologist and profound philosopher, \u003ci\u003eReligion Without God \u003c\/i\u003eis a calm, measured study of the assumptions and arguments of religious thought from the nine­teenth and twentieth centuries—concepts and claims still active in the twenty-first century’s project of secularization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMan in the supernatural state, it is said, needs no Redeemer as in the natural state he needs no God. As a result of this philosophy of self-sufficiency we have the strange modern phenomenon of a religion without God and a Christianity without Christ.\u003c\/em\u003e (Fulton J. Sheen)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen \u003c\/strong\u003e(1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. 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Because the West has broadly lost that spiritual sensibility which made it great, thus reducing both man and cosmos to wholly material and base realities, Fulton J. Sheen argues, there is nothing to prevent the dissolution of the old order into a new and terrifying totality. And thus appears Communism: the recalcitrant, neurotic child of a permissive, neglectful parent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince it first appeared in 1948, during the initial frigid days of the Cold War, Communism and the Conscience of the West has proven to be a prophetic witness to the grave dangers of decadent, individualistic liberalism and atheistic, collectivist totalitarianism alike. While the Cold War has ended and Soviet Union passed away, these dangers have endured and even metastasized. 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In these seventeen addresses, broadcast from December 29, 1935, to April 12, 1936, Sheen interprets the parable of the Prodigal Son in the light of spiritual experience in the modern world and points the way back to the Father’s House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI will arise and go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Luke 15:18)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePreached with his customary conviction and fervor, Fulton J. 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As the war rages on, three ideologies contend for mastery: anti-Christianity in the forms of Nazism, fascism, communism, and imperialism, and non-Christianity in the form of Western secular liberalism, pitted against the Christian order with its basic principle that man is a creature made in the image and likeness of God.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eLike its predecessor collection, \u003ci\u003eWar and Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crisis in Christendom \u003c\/i\u003eis an unflinching confrontation with the powers of darkness as well as a stern yet inspiring challenge to Christians to heed both the chastisement and the call of God: to put the sword back into its place and be not troubled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. 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