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Among the many masterpieces of G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man is his crowning achievement. It was the book that set a young atheist named C.S. Lewis on the path toward Christianity. Evelyn Waugh called it "a permanent monument" that "needs no elucidation." And... Read Full Overview

The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton, first published in 1925, is a classic work of Christian apologetics that examines the history of human civilization in a unique light. Chesterton's argument is that Christianity is the only religion that can explain the evolution of human... Read Full Overview

"The best popular apologetic I know." -- C. S. Lewis

An unabridged edition to include: Prefatory Note - Introduction: The Plan of This Book - The Man in the Cave - Professors and Prehistoric Men - The Antiquity of Civilization - God and Comparative Religion - Man and Mythologies - Demons and the Philosophers - The War of the... Read Full Overview

Considered by many to be Chesterton's greatest masterpiece of all his writings, this is his whole view of world history as informed by the Incarnation. Beginning with the origin of man and the various religious attitudes throughout history, Chesterton shows how the fulfillment... Read Full Overview

Complete edition of The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton successfully challenges the view that man is just another evolutionary animal, and that Jesus Christ was only human. C. S. Lewis said it was the best popular defense of the full Christian position. Find... Read Full Overview

First published in 1925, "The Everlasting Man" by G. K. Chesterton is a powerful argument against the theories of evolution and comparative religion. Chesterton deeply disagreed with the view of animal and human evolution popularized by "The Outline of History" written by... Read Full Overview

This classic exploration of human history vis- -vis its link to Christianity ponders the question: What makes human beings uniquely human? In this thoughtful response to the rampant social Darwinism of the early twentieth century, G. K. Chesterton explains how religion -- a blend... Read Full Overview

The Everlasting Man is to some extent, a deliberate rebuttal of H. G. Wells' The Outline of History, disputing Wells' portrayals of human life and civilization as a seamless development from animal life and of Jesus Christ as merely another charismatic figure... Read Full Overview

Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G. Wells' Outline of History, which embraced both the evolutionary origins of humanity... Read Full Overview

O homem eterno ? a resposta a uma obra de H. G. Wells sobre a origem do mundo. Chesterton ilustra de forma ambiciosa a jornada espiritual da humanidade, principalmente da civiliza??o ocidental, e as principais transforma??es ap?s se tornar crist?. Este cl?ssico da literatura... Read Full Overview

Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G. Wells' Outline of History, which embraced both the evolutionary origins of humanity... Read Full Overview