Orthodoxy
Author: G. K. ChestertonAdd Your Comments on this Book
Comments: Spectacular, profound, wonderful look at the world and people God made, by one of the early 20th century's most influential authors. Life-changing perspectives. All time #1 at EveryGoodBook!
Description from Amazon.com: [Editor's Review] If G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith is, as he called it, a "slovenly autobiography," then we need more slobs in the world. This quirky, slender book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Christianity as the way to satisfy his personal emotional needs, in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome." Drawing on such figures... [more at Amazon link below]
Comments: Spectacular, profound, wonderful look at the world and people God made, by one of the early 20th century's most influential authors. Life-changing perspectives. All time #1 at EveryGoodBook!Description from Amazon.com: [Editor's Review] If G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith is, as he called it, a "slovenly autobiography," then we need more slobs in the world. This quirky, slender book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Christianity as the way to satisfy his personal emotional needs, in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome." Drawing on such figures... [more at Amazon link below]
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