Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God

by Ralph C. Wood

Book Overview

G. K. Chesterton is often praised as the "Great Optimist"--God's rotund jester. In this fresh and daring endeavor, Ralph Wood turns a critical eye on Chesterton's corpus to reveal the beef-and-ale believer's darker vision of the world and those who live in it. During an age when the words grace, love, and g ospel, sound more hackneyed than genuine, Wood argues for a recovery of Chesterton's primary contentions: First, that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602584419
• ISBN13: 9781602584419
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"