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Catholics and Protestants alike have long appreciated G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy as a classic work of Christian apologetics. In it, Chesterton recounts his quest to found a new religion, a philosophy of life that would include everything that makes the most sense of... Read Full Overview

Lauded as a classic of Christian apologetics, G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy recounts his personal journey from agnosticism to the faith. Writing from within a culture marked by materialism and suspicion of the supernatural, Chesterton argues for coming to know the divine... Read Full Overview

Gilbert Keith Chesterton is one of the most celebrated and reverently esteemed figures in modern literature. He was a phenomenally prolific writer. After achieving early success as an illustrator, he subsequently established his fame as a playwright, novelist, poet, literary... Read Full Overview

In this classic of Christian apologetics, Chesterton lays out a sort of "spiritual autobiography"--how he personally came to believe. Chesterton considered it a companion book to his earlier work Heretics. Where Heretics was a collection of essays defending the... Read Full Overview

Ortodoxia (1908) es un libro de G. K. Chesterton que se ha convertido en un cl?sico de la apolog?tica cristiana. Chesterton considera este libro un compa?ero a su otro trabajo, Herejes, escrito expresamente en respuesta a G. S. La cr?tica de Street's sobre la obra anterior, de... Read Full Overview

A classic of Christian apologetics, "Orthodoxy" is a collection of provocative writings by the inimitable G.K. Chesterton. Chesterton wrote the book while he as an Anglican, prior to his own conversion to catholicism. The work explores Chesterton's personal relationship with... Read Full Overview

A classic of Christian apologetics

"Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to... Read Full Overview

In Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton gives a stirring defense of Christianity. Chesterton fought against the reductionist materialism with laughter, joy, and gratitude for the beauty of the world God has given us. We usually think of orthodoxy and the tenets of the Christian faith as... Read Full Overview

Chesterton's timeless exploration of the essentials of Christian faith and of his pilgrimage to belief (more than 750,000 copies sold in the Image edition) is now reissued.

Orthodoxy, as author G. K. Chesterton employs the term here, means "right opinion." In this, the masterpiece of his brilliant literary career, Chesterton applies the concept of correct reasoning to his acceptance of Christian faith. As he expresses it in his preface, "It is... Read Full Overview

Complete edition of Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton. Arranged upon a riddle and an answer, it tells how Chesterton himself went from pagan, to agnostic, to staunch Christian. Told in Chesterton's own voice, the book is a thought provoking manuscript... Read Full Overview

"Orthodoxy" by G. K. Chesterton is a brilliant exploration of faith, reason, and imagination. With wit and wisdom, Chesterton defends traditional Christian beliefs, revealing their beauty and coherence while inviting readers to rediscover the wonder of the world through the... Read Full Overview

G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of his age, converted to Catholicism in his late 40s, but his devout Christianity and Anglicanism was a defining characteristic for much of his adult life, particularly under the encouragement of his wife Frances. In 1908 Chesterton... Read Full Overview

Orthodoxy (1908) is a book by G. K. Chesterton that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. Chesterton considered this book a companion to his other work, Heretics, writing it expressly in response to G.S. Street's criticism of the earlier work, "that he was not going... Read Full Overview