G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton was the most dazzling Catholic apologist and paradox-monger in English letters, writing essays, novels, and criticism with an exuberant wit that masked a serious theological and social vision. Orthodoxy is his spiritual autobiography and his masterpiece.
Works
- OrthodoxyChristian apologetic defending faith against modern skepticism and rationalism
- The Everlasting ManSpiritual history contrasting Christianity's supernaturalism with natural evolutionary view
- HereticsEssays critiquing Victorian intellectuals who rejected Christian and traditional wisdom
- St. Francis of AssisiBiographical meditation on Saint Francis's radical spiritual devotion and simplicity
- What's Wrong with the WorldEssays diagnosing social ills and proposing Christian solutions to modern problems