Prophet of Orthodoxy

by G.K. Chesterton

This anthology is compiled from the best of G.K. Chesterton's religious writings, including Orthodoxy, The Everlasting Man, The Book of Job and his poetry. There is an introduction on Chesterton's life and the relevance of his writings today.

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 8, 1997

About the author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.

He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.

Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not quite the book I was expecting-more a compilation of individual chapters from other Chesterton publications than short stories and anecdotes. But still a great read!

[Hotspur · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent, passionate, and lovingly written introduction and some excellent examples of Chesterton's work.

[Kellie]

I read an article that quoted this book and I was so intrigued that I had to read the book. I read most of it and my brain got tired.