Aside
from C. S. Lewis, no other Christian writer of the twentieth century
has had more influence on faith and understanding than the enigmatic,
larger-than-life G. K. Chesterton. This anthology combines twenty-six
of the most essential passages from his works--from "A" for
asceticism to "Z" for Zion--offering an unprecedented
roundup of Chesterton's ideas on the Christian life.
Why
does it make good sense to be Catholic in the modern world?
How
might a Christian balance the feasts of saints with Christ's call to
asceticism?
What
is useful about holy foolishness?
What's
dangerous about "comparative religion"?
G.
K. Chesterton, whose enduring legacy is as a Christian thinker and
apologist, offers his thoughts on these topics and more in this
unique anthology of his work. Chesterton converted to Catholicism
midway through his career of writing some of his century's most
important spiritual and theological works, including Orthodoxy,
Saint
Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox,
and Saint
Francis of Assisi.
He is known for having written many memorable sentences--he was a
master of witty one-liners--but as this book demonstrates for the
first time, Chesterton also penned some of the best long passages of
Christian literature in the history of the faith.
You'll
come away with a better understanding not only of Chesterton, but of
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