James H. Billington - Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Tradition
If you read only one book on revolution during your entire life, you must read Billington’s. This book is absolutely unequaled in Its ‘scope,’ depth, and detail, In its magnificent literary power, and in its biting, trenchant analysis of what the subtitle calls the “Origins of the Revolutionary Faith.”
For revolution is a religious faith; as Billington says, it is “perhaps the faith of our time” (p. 3), and his massive study abundantly demonstrates the anti-Christian and pseudo-Christian character of revolutionary ideology.
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James H. Billington’s Fire in the Minds of Men (Preface 11, Newsletter of the lnstitute for Christian Economics, 1984)
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Bio
James Hadley Billington (born June 1, 1929) is the current Librarian of Congress in the United States.
James Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987. He is the 13th person to hold the position since the Library of Congress was established in 1800.
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