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Douglas Hyde (2) (1911–1996)

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Douglas Hyde (2) ha come alias Douglas Arnold Hyde.

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Hyde, Douglas Arnold
Data di nascita
1911-04-08
Data di morte
1996-09-19
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di nascita
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Luogo di morte
Kingston, London, England, UK
Breve biografia
Douglas Hyde came from a Methodist background. After hearing Wal Hannington speak on the executed Sacco and Vanzetti, he joined the International Class War Prisoners’ Association in 1927. Hyde joined the Communist Party at the age of 17 and moved to North Wales while looking for work as a dental technician. Eight years later, he moved to London where he joined the Woking Labour Party in order to secretly recruit members to the Communist Party. He joined the Daily Worker as journalist. After being exempt from military service for medical reasons, Hyde found himself being given editorial responsibilities. When the January 1941 ban on the paper was imposed, Hyde was given the job of setting up an underground press and a distribution system for an illegal newspaper. He gave literally hundreds of Marxist education classes for the Party and was the London District’s “tutor of the year” in 1940. The strains that came with the cold war saw a former friend, fellow Communist and wartime staffer on the Daily Worker, Ludwig Freund, who had become Czechoslovakia’s economy minister, executed for espionage. Hyde’s disillusionment came out in a desire to be inducted into the Catholic church, which he did whilst still working for the Daily Worker. In 1948, a Party member saw him leaving church after receiving mass and Hyde resigned as news editor of the Daily Worker and from the Communist Party. His action was blown up out of all proportion by the media of the day, which had a field day. His 1951 best-seller, “I believed”, became a key ideological weapon against the Communist Party.

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This book is fascinating! Hyde is a former member of the Communist party who renounced the Party and joined the Catholic Church in the year 1948. His point is not to advance Communist philosophy, but to show how adept the Communists are at motivating, organizing, inspiring dedication, and converting others to their agenda. He reveals the strategies and tactics of the Party leadership throughout the world.

Hyde is clear in saying that the strength of Communism is not in the strength of its ideas. Christianity has something infinitely better to offer the world. But it is “their ability to fire the imagination, create a sense of dedication and send their followers into effective, meaningful action” which causes so great an influence in the world (12). It is without question that a relatively small number of adherents to Marxist philosophy have influenced a great many people and nations over the previous two centuries. The sad reality is that so great a number of Christians feel they have no influence in the world. Rather, Christ’s disciples are the salt of the earth, having a preserving influence on society and helping restrain its evil. Christians are also the light of the earth, bringing the beam of truth into a dark world, with an aim for all people to see the glory of God who is in heaven (Matt. 5:13-16).

The Communists propose that there is a great battle going on all over the world for men’s hearts, minds, and souls. The Christians must be involved in this battle, seeking to win souls unto the best news the world has ever heard. It is much better than a political philosophy. It is better than money or wealth. If Christ is risen, this news is infinitely good. The stakes are high because eternal destinies hang in the balance of this great battle.
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joshcrouse3 | 2 altre recensioni | Sep 17, 2021 |
Douglas Hyde era un destacado dirigente del Partido Comunista Británico que desde su nacimiento había mamado que "la religión es el opio del pueblo" y que, por tanto, ésta era un valor que se debía atacar y destruir. Un día se le ocurrió entrar en un templo católico y de repente se dio cuenta de que tenían que haber estado engañándole. Desde ese momento se hizo asiduo, se bautizó y se dedicó a dar conferencias para explicar al mundo las razones por las cuales esa extremista ideología política ve la religión, y más concretamente en occidente a la Iglesia, como un oponente peligroso para sus totalitarios fines, lo cual es la auténtica razón de su oposición a toda fe que no sea en la doctrina comunista.

En este libro, Hyde se centra en qué es lo que puede aprender un cristiano de los seguidores de la ideología comunista, pues aunque no lo parezca incluso de ésta se puede aprender algo para bien.
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Eucalafio | 2 altre recensioni | Nov 23, 2020 |
An intriguing assessment of a former Communist on the effectiveness of developing absolute dedication to the Party... and then, after becoming a believer, exploring what if Christians adopted a similar approach to developing dedicated believers and aggressively and confidently spreading the good news of the Gospel (rather than Communist propaganda).
 
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nisly | 2 altre recensioni | Dec 26, 2018 |

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Opere
8
Utenti
308
Popolarità
#76,456
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
4
ISBN
148
Lingue
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