In this brief book, Albert Hughes identifies critical errors of philosophical judgment carried down from the Age of Enlightenment that are responsible for the widespread lapse of Faith and Christian practice in the Western world, i.e., the decline of Christendom. Not that the general population are students of philosophy, but that the key suppositions of materialism, positivism, rationalism and relativism have been enculturated over time in the habitual thoughts and actions of the many. As will be shown, these ..".isms" at best, are misleading paradigmatic half-truths. They have led to an...

How could it be that so many Catholics have lost faith in a church that offers so much? Al Hughes' fascinating testimony is the first in a series of little booklets written by strong believers, describing why they are still Catholics in spite of suffering many of the same experiences which have alienated other Catholics It is hoped that such a series of booklets could attract wavering Catholics or be given by strong Catholics to family and friends who have, sadly, lost their faith and left the fold, not without some reason, but, perhaps, without sound reasoning. Al Hughes offers, with...