Chesterton Apologetics Set - Heretics, Orthodoxy, and The Everlasting Man - Softcover

Chesterton, G. K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640322604 ISBN 13: 9781640322608

Verlag: Chump Change, 1925

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Complete set of three Chesterton Apologetics by G. K. Chesterton in one volume, including Heretics, Orthodoxy, and The Everlasting Man. Heretics - Chesterton discusses ideas by H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Kipling and others of his day in his argument for God. From the 1905 British edition, it includes great thoughts such as these: "The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know that they are dogmas." Orthodoxy - Arranged upon a riddle and an answer, it tells how Chesterton himself went from pagan, to agnostic, to staunch Christian. From the 1908 British Edition. The Everlasting Man - 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. From the 1925 British Edition, it includes great thoughts such as these: "The life of man is a story; an adventure story; and in our vision the same is true even of the story of God." "Atheists may continue to war with Christianity, but it will be as they war with nature; as they war with the landscape, as they war with the skies." Witty, deep, and positively entertaining, no student of thought should be without this historic book. This edition is provided in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS HERETICS 3 ORTHODOXY 75 THE EVERLASTING MAN 144

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G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century, celebrated for his essays, literary criticism, philosophy, fiction, poetry, and Christian apologetics. Born in London, Chesterton developed a reputation as a brilliant conversationalist and a writer whose work combined humor, paradox, and deep intellectual insight. His ability to make complex philosophical and religious ideas accessible helped make him one of the most widely read thinkers of his era.Chesterton wrote more than eighty books across a remarkably broad range of subjects. His fictional creation Father Brown, the humble yet brilliant detective, remains one of the great figures of classic mystery literature. Among his most influential nonfiction works are Orthodoxy, Heretics, and The Everlasting Man, books that established his reputation as one of the twentieth century's most distinctive defenders of Christian thought.Known for his sharp wit, imaginative approach, and ability to challenge conventional assumptions, Chesterton influenced writers, philosophers, and theologians around the world. His works continue to be studied for their insights into faith, culture, politics, literature, and the enduring questions of human existence.

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• Verlag: Chump Change
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1925
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1640322604
• ISBN 13: 9781640322608
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258
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