This a profound and poetic assessment of the relationship between Christianityand liberty between politics and society and between Christianity and themodern wo... » 

This a profound and poetic assessment of the relationship between Christianityand liberty between politics and society and between Christianity and themodern world. This edition includes a new foreword by Pierre Manent professorof Political Science at the Centre de Recherches Politiques Raymond Aron inParis. As the 21st century begins the relationships this book explores are asrelevant as they were in the last century when French poet and essayistCharles Peguy addressed them in Memories of Youth and Clio I the twoessays in this volume. In these essays Peguy develops his theme of la mystique that which a person or a nation is and la politique mere policy. «