The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1Contains three of Chesterton's most influential works. In Heretics, Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling critiques of contemporary religious notions ever. The Blatchford Controversies are the spirited public debate which led to the writing of Heretics. Then in Orthodoxy, Chesterton accepts the challenge of his opponents and sets forth his own reasons for accepting the Christian Faith. |
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Gebruikersrecensie - StFrancisofAssisi - LibraryThingG.K. Chesterton This volume contains three of Chesterton's greatest classics on Catholic philosophy and spirituality. It includes The Everlasting Man, possibly his greatest work, which gives an ... Volledige review lezen
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A Note on the Texts HERETICS | 35 |
Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy | 39 |
On the Negative Spirit | 47 |
On Mr Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small | 54 |
Mr Bernard Shaw | 63 |
Mr H G Wells and the Giants | 71 |
Christmas and the Aesthetes | 84 |
Omar and the Sacred Vine | 91 |
Slum Novelists and the Slums | 186 |
Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy | 196 |
Introduction in Defence of Everything Else | 211 |
The Maniac | 216 |
The Suicide of Thought | 233 |
The Ethics of Elfland | 249 |
The Flag of the World | 269 |
The Paradoxes of Christianity | 285 |
The Mildness of the Yellow Press | 97 |
The Moods of Mr George Moore | 106 |
On Sandals and Simplicity | 110 |
Science and the Savages | 115 |
Paganism and Mr Lowes Dickinson | 122 |
Celts and Celtophiles | 132 |
On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family | 136 |
On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set | 146 |
On Mr McCabe and a Divine Frivolity | 157 |
On the Wit of Whistler | 167 |
The Fallacy of the Young Nation | 174 |
The Eternal Revolution | 307 |
The Romance of Orthodoxy | 329 |
Authority and the Adventurer | 346 |
THE BLATCHFORD CONTROVERSIES | 367 |
Foreword | 369 |
Introduction | 371 |
Christianity and Rationalism | 373 |
Why I Believe in Christianity | 381 |
Miracles and Modern Civilisation | 386 |
The Eternal Heroism of the Slums | 390 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1 The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton |
| Auteur | Gilbert Keith Chesterton |
| Uitgever | Ignatius Press, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0898700795, 9780898700794 |
| Lengte | 397 pagina's |
| Citatie exporteren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |