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Heretics / Orthodoxy: Nelson's Royal Classics
This Nelson Royal Classic includes two famous classical works by G.K. Chesterton, Heretics and Orthodoxy. In response to the wrong doctrinal teaching of many of his contemporaries, G.K. Chesterton takes readers back to the "fundamentals" in Heretics. In the compelling work,Orthodoxy, Chesterton provides a look at what some have described as his own spiritual autobiography....more
Hardcover, 311 pages
Published
February 15th 2000
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
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G.K. Chesterton's prose is always great. The man was a rather brilliant individual, and his ideas are some of the most interesting - and most challenging - I've run into. He turns the world on its head, and you find you enjoy it... Aside from a few minor impracticalities anyway.
If you read these books, or even just one of them, prepare to have your mindset examined, rearranged and then put together again in a completely different way. Don't worry though, 90% of the time the result will be a vas...more
If you read these books, or even just one of them, prepare to have your mindset examined, rearranged and then put together again in a completely different way. Don't worry though, 90% of the time the result will be a vas...more
Hooray! It took me most of a school year, but I finally finished these two works by Chesterton.
I really enjoyed them; most of the time lag was because it was a little hard to get into his style...he uses lots of analogies and metaphors, and sometimes you have to stop and go back to WHAT he is talking about in the first place. Also, in Heretics, he's responding to other known figures of his time, some of whom are less known today...or at least their opinions that Chesterton is responding to are l...more
I really enjoyed them; most of the time lag was because it was a little hard to get into his style...he uses lots of analogies and metaphors, and sometimes you have to stop and go back to WHAT he is talking about in the first place. Also, in Heretics, he's responding to other known figures of his time, some of whom are less known today...or at least their opinions that Chesterton is responding to are l...more
Note: This is the copy of Orthodoxy I own. This review is not for Heretics.
An excellent exploration of the Christian faith. Chesterton is a master of the English language, in my opinion, and it is evident here. Witty and intelligent writing that shows Chesterton's strongly Catholic-leaning views (Anglican, officially, when he wrote it) without displaying disrespect for his philosophical opponents (e.g. Mr. George Bernard Shaw.) The book is not one for those seeking a complete logical explanation...more
An excellent exploration of the Christian faith. Chesterton is a master of the English language, in my opinion, and it is evident here. Witty and intelligent writing that shows Chesterton's strongly Catholic-leaning views (Anglican, officially, when he wrote it) without displaying disrespect for his philosophical opponents (e.g. Mr. George Bernard Shaw.) The book is not one for those seeking a complete logical explanation...more
Jun 09, 2008
Karen L.
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
philosophers
Recommended to Karen L. by:
the Anglican group
Heresy: Well it had some chapters that I liked and some that I did not. Heresy critiques Chesterton's contemporaries of his day, writers, poets and play writes, such as H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw & Kipling. There were bits of wisdom here and there that I jotted down. Overall, the book didn't grab me like some. I'd give this a 2 star rating
Orthodoxy: Much better than Heresy. I'd give this a 4 star rating. Chesterton seems to get to the point a little quicker in this book, still he is qui...more
Orthodoxy: Much better than Heresy. I'd give this a 4 star rating. Chesterton seems to get to the point a little quicker in this book, still he is qui...more
I'm officially a Chesterton fan.
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Chesterton's joy was as big as himself. "There is a huge and heroic sanity of which moderns can only collect the fragments....they are equally puzzled by His insane magnificence and His insane meekness." Amen.
For sheer verve and wit in polemics, G. K. Chesterton is hard to beat. Occasionally brilliant, frequently infuriating, but never lacking in vigor or vibrance.
The Nelson combination makes for entertaining and engaging reading right across the wonderfilled landscape of life beyond the superficial.
Some moments of characteristic Chestertonian genius in a few chapters, but not without its classic Chestertonian weaknesses too.
Heretics was a little harder for me to follow than Orthodoxy. I love Chesterton's ability to cut to the heart of a matter ...
Classic Chesterton essays on topics current a century a ago, many of which are just as current today.
Classic. Read this over 10 years ago. Refreshing and wise.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) cannot be summed up in one sentence. Nor in one paragraph. In fact, in spite of the fine biographies that have been written of him (and his Autobiography), he has never been captured between the covers of one book. But rather than waiting to separate the goats from the sheep, let’s just come right out and say it: G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the twent...more
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