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Carol Robinson's Collected Works #1
Breaking the Chains of Mediocrity: Marianist Articles
This is the first book from the Collected Works of Carol Jackson Robinson (1911-2002).
From the Introduction:
"This book will discomfort the complacent. Unabashedly Catholic, the vision shatters mediocrity, compelling the reader to meditate upon the very meaning of his existence. Written seventy years ago, this message has even greater relevance today than when first written. . . .
Was she foolhearted to challenge us to break the chains of modern mediocrity? Perhaps she was simply caught up in the convert’s zeal. “Those converts, they think they can change the world. They need to learn to live with the system. Look at all the good it has given us.” And yet maybe it is our own lack of conviction that needs to be challenged. . . .
We hope this book, as part of our Collected Works series, will show that Carol Robinson was one of the most remarkable American Catholic authors, one who has remained in obscurity for far too long. This book only touches upon the myriad ideas she explored throughout her nearly fifty years of writing, much of which has only been rediscovered recently. Her ultimate desire is that we, as Catholics, transform the world which “awaits our synthesis of religion and life today.” Disagreements about her ideas are inevitable, but one can only admire her attempt to get us to think about our condition."
From the Introduction:
"This book will discomfort the complacent. Unabashedly Catholic, the vision shatters mediocrity, compelling the reader to meditate upon the very meaning of his existence. Written seventy years ago, this message has even greater relevance today than when first written. . . .
Was she foolhearted to challenge us to break the chains of modern mediocrity? Perhaps she was simply caught up in the convert’s zeal. “Those converts, they think they can change the world. They need to learn to live with the system. Look at all the good it has given us.” And yet maybe it is our own lack of conviction that needs to be challenged. . . .
We hope this book, as part of our Collected Works series, will show that Carol Robinson was one of the most remarkable American Catholic authors, one who has remained in obscurity for far too long. This book only touches upon the myriad ideas she explored throughout her nearly fifty years of writing, much of which has only been rediscovered recently. Her ultimate desire is that we, as Catholics, transform the world which “awaits our synthesis of religion and life today.” Disagreements about her ideas are inevitable, but one can only admire her attempt to get us to think about our condition."
50 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1947
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