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G. K. Chesterton: "Who is this guy and why haven’t I heard of him?"
Ignatius Insight ^
| May, 2011
| with permission of Dale Ahlquist
Posted on 05/29/2011 4:57:40 PM PDT by Salvation
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posted on
05/29/2011 4:57:43 PM PDT
by
Salvation
To: Jo Nuvark
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posted on
05/29/2011 4:58:33 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Happy Birthday Mr. Chesterton!
To: Salvation
Very well then: what Chesterton book, essay, or short story ought I to read first?
And then which?
Better yet: What are the five (or ten) best writings of Chesterton, the ones most likely to lead one to seek out still more?
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:04:27 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: Carpe Cerevisi
I was wondering if anyone would know that it was GK’s birthday today!
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:04:34 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: All
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:06:24 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Funny you should post this. Until a couple days ago, G.K. Chesterton was only a name I vaguely recognized. Then I stumbled upon an article about him on a news site and it piqued my interest. Now I'm reading The Man Who Was Thursday. It's available free on Project Gutenburg.
To: Redbob
Check out some of the excerpts and let us know what you choose.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:09:00 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Redbob
Better yet: What are the five (or ten) best writings of Chesterton, the ones most likely to lead one to seek out still more?
What's Wrong with the World The Everlasting Man Orthodoxy (and my extreme minority opinion) His essays in the London Illustrated News and G.K.'s Weekly
He is also a noted fiction writer for his Fr. Brown mysteries and "The Man Who Was Thursday"
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:09:24 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Salvation
GK Chesterton:
“If there were no God,there would be no atheists”.
You got to love that.!
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:11:43 PM PDT
by
peteyd
(A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
To: Dr. Sivana; Salvation; Welsh Rabbit
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:13:58 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: Redbob
Any of the Father Brown detective stories is an excellent place to start. There are several.volumes.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:14:33 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: Salvation
Chesterson bucked the prevailing literati and philosophical elites of British society during his time. He paid the price in history undeservedly.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:15:26 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress!)
To: Salvation
Happy Birthday Mr. Chesterton!
I like the Frazier sitcom, and I have heard that Kelsey Grammar is conservative, and so it puzzles me he chose to name a fluffy effeminate character in his show Gilbert Chesterton.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:16:31 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
To: Salvation
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:17:14 PM PDT
by
Track9
(Make War!!)
To: Salvation
The answer (to “why haven’t I heard of him?”) would have to be, “because you are woefully uneducated”. Life is not complete without reading Chesterton.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:18:48 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: Dr. Sivana; Redbob
**Fr. Brown mysteries and “The Man Who Was Thursday”**
I was going to say that, but I figured I would let Bob choose for himeself.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:22:40 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
“I was wondering if anyone would know that it was GK’s birthday today!”
That’s how totally great FR really is.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:33:43 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: jocon307
I knew because this was on the website”
Happy Birthday, G. K. Chesterton!
Chesterton was born on this day in 1874, in Campden Hill in Kensington, London.
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:40:05 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Only a few years back (about 10) did I first read some of G. K. Cherterton’s quotes. I loved them, as I have loved C.S. Lewis and Frances Shaffer’s writings.
Thanks for your post!
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posted on
05/29/2011 5:42:18 PM PDT
by
LetMarch
(If a man knows the right way to live, and does not live it, there is no greater coward. (Anonymous)
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