Nazareth or Social Chaos

by Vincent McNabb, Cicero Bruce (Preface), Joseph Kelly (Foreword)

Distilling the work of Father Vincent McNabb's years of preaching in London's Hyde Park, this challenging and entertaining book examines urbanized and industrialized life. The arguments claim that urban life has a deleterious effect on nature, community, family, and the spirit and offer a challenge to "flee to the fields," seeking a life not dominated by technology and artificial schedules but by the forces of God and nature. Newly edited and annotated, this edition stands as an important work of English social criticism.

Genres: Catholic, Religion

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

The Very Reverend Father Vincent McNabb, O.P., S.T.M. was an Irish scholar and priest based in London where he was active in evangelisation and apologetics.

"Nobody who ever met or saw or heard Father McNabb has ever forgotten him" - G.K. Chesterton

Reviews

[Miles Smith]

A good polemic in favor of distributism. McNabb is very Roman theologically, but the usefulness of the work remains. He offers an alternative vision to modern progressiveness that allows Christians to think deeply about social issues without privileging statism or the sort on inconsistencies that accompany modern Evangelical thought.

[Hollisch · Rating 5 out of 5]

A potent and inspiring little book, and highly relevant (politically and socioeconomically) a century after its writing.