Spirituality and Religion

Heretics, Orthodoxy & The Everlasting Man

Chesterton's Works on Christianity & Spirituality (Including Author's Autobiography)By G. K. Chesterton

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Apart from his detective stories, G. K. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognized the wide appeal of his Theological Works. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. "Heretics" is a collection of 20 essays and presents Chesterton's first book of Christian apologetics. Chesterton describes his understanding of the words Orthodox and Heretic as they apply to, and have changed in, the modern period. Chesterton argues that in modernity, "The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer means being right; it practically means being wrong". He continues to make a point that society no longer tolerates a man's life philosophy or religion, yet is increasingly absorbed in "art for art's sake". "Orthodoxy" has become a classic of Christian apologetics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it." In it, Chesterton presents an original view of Christian religion. He sees it as the answer to natural human needs, the "answer to a riddle" in his own words, and not simply as an arbitrary truth received from somewhere outside the boundaries of human experience. "The Everlasting Man" is the third of Chesterton's Christian apologetics book. It 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. Chesterton detailed his own spiritual journey in Orthodoxy, but in this book he tries to illustrate the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization.

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Publish dateFeb 5, 2019

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1Heretics, Orthodoxy &amp; The Everlasting Man

35Chapter 2. Professors and Prehistoric Men

2Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

36Chapter 3. The Antiquity of Civilisation

3On the Negative Spirit

37Chapter 4. God and Comparative Religion

4On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small

38Chapter 5. Man and Mythologies

5Mr. Bernard Shaw

39Chapter 6. Demons and Philosophers

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6Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants

40Chapter 7. The War of the Gods and Demons

7Christmas and the Aesthetes

41Chapter 8. The End of the World

8Omar and the Sacred Vine

42Part II: On the Man Called Christ

9The Mildness of the Yellow Press

43Chapter 1. The God in the Cave

10The Moods of Mr. George Moore

44Chapter 2. The Riddles of the Gospel

11On Sandals and Simplicity

45Chapter 3. The Strangest Story in the World

12Science and the Savages

46Chapter 4. The Witness of the Heretics

13Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson

47Chapter 5. The Escape from Paganism

14Celts and Celtophiles

48Chapter 6. The Five Deaths of the Faith

15On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family

49Conclusion: The Summary of this Book

16On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set

50Appendix

17On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity

511. On Prehistoric Man

18On the Wit of Whistler

522. On Authority and Accuracy

19The Fallacy of the Young Nation

531. Hearsay Evidence

20Slum Novelists and the Slums

542. The Man with the Golden Key

21Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

553. How to Be A Dunce

22Chapter I. Introduction in Defence of Everything Else

564. How to Be A Lunatic

23Chapter II. The Maniac

575. Nationalism and Notting Hill

24Chapter III. The Suicide of Thought

586. The Fantastic Suburb

25Chapter IV. The Ethics of Elfland

597. The Crime of Orthodoxy

26Chapter V. The Flag of the World

608. Figures in Fleet Street

27Chapter VI. The Paradoxes of Christianity

619. The Case against Corruption

28Chapter VII. The Eternal Revolution

6210. Friendship and Foolery

29Chapter VIII. The Romance of Orthodoxy

6311. The Shadow of the Sword

30Chapter IX. Authority and the Adventurer

6412. Some Political Celebrities

31Preface

6513. Some Literary Celebrities

32Introduction: The Plan of This Book

6614. Portrait of A Friend

33Part I: On the Creature Called Man

6715. The Incomplete Traveller

34Chapter 1. The Man in the Cave

6816. The God with the Golden Key

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