The Size of Chesterton's Catholicism |
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| Author:
| Fagerberg, David W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-268-01764-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Notre Dame Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $100.00USD $100.00 |
Book Description:
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English writer G. K. Chesterton was widely known not only for his newspaper columns, novels, poetry, plays, and detective stories, but also for his theological and Catholic apologetic works. This celebration of Chesterton's passion for his faith builds on his own words to reveal the Catholic paradox he was so fond of exploring. David W. Fagerberg draws on Chesterton's theological writings -- avoiding secondary sources so that the reader can encounter his thought as directly as possible...
More DescriptionEnglish writer G. K. Chesterton was widely known not only for his newspaper columns, novels, poetry, plays, and detective stories, but also for his theological and Catholic apologetic works. This celebration of Chesterton's passion for his faith builds on his own words to reveal the Catholic paradox he was so fond of exploring. David W. Fagerberg draws on Chesterton's theological writings -- avoiding secondary sources so that the reader can encounter his thought as directly as possible -- to show how Chesterton championed an accessible Catholicism of great robustness.