Lord of the world
By: by Robert Hugh Benson
Series: Classic reprint series; Classic reprint series (Forgotten Books (Firm))
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781440064401
Subjects: End of the world; Fiction; Fin du monde; Romans, nouvelles
Description: As creeping secularism and godless humanism triumph over traditional morality, it creates a world that has been divided into three powerblocks, where religious doctrine is not tolerated and euthanasia is practiced widely. In Britain, the Royal Family has been deposed; institutions of higher learning have been closed, and a politician intent on power in the name of peace is intent on the destruction of religion. The world now has only three main religious forces: Catholicism, Secular Humanism, and "the Eastern religions." As a shrinking Church stands resolutely against him, laws are passed which require all the world's people to formally disavow the existence of God or be executed without trial.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908.