ABCs of the Christian Life: The Ultimate Anthology of the Prince of Paradox

Author:   G. K. Chesterton ,  Peter Kreeft
Publisher:   Ave Maria Press
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Pages:   192
Publication Date:   11 August 2017
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Aside from C. S. Lewis, no other Christian writer of the twentieth century has had more influence on faith and understanding than the enigmatic, larger-than-life G. K. Chesterton. This anthology combines twenty-six of the most essential passages from his works—from ""A"" for asceticism to ""Z"" for Zion—offering an unprecedented roundup of Chesterton’s ideas on the Christian life. Considers the questions: How might a Christian balance the feasts of saints with Christ’s call to asceticism?, What is useful about holy foolishness and What’s dangerous about ""comparative religion""? Chesterton, whose enduring legacy is as a Christian thinker and apologist, offers his thoughts on these topics and more in this unique anthology of his work. Chesterton converted to Catholicism midway through his career of writing some of his century’s most important spiritual and theological works, including Orthodoxy, Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox, and Saint Francis of Assisi. He is known for having written many memorable sentences—he was a master of witty one-liners—but as this book demonstrates for the first time, Chesterton also penned some of the best long passages of Christian literature in the history of the faith.

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Author:   G. K. Chesterton ,  Peter Kreeft
Publisher:   Ave Maria Press
Imprint:   Ave Maria Press
ISBN:  

9780870613104


ISBN 10:   0870613103
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   11 August 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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A pleasing packaging of the ever-reliable, ever-relevant, ever-resourceful, and everlasting G. K. Chesterton. I'm ready for a couple hundred more of these! --Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society Someone said that G. K. Chesterton's sayings are like potato chips: it's impossible to eat just one. They are gloriously addictive. GKC is a gold mine, and here are some gold potato chips. --From the foreword by Peter Kreeft, Catholic author and philosophy professor at Boston College This carefully edited volume is just the thing to introduce the wit, verbal dexterity, and deep Christian insight of G. K. Chesterton. Readers who do not know Chesterton will find a compelling introduction; veterans will once again experience Chesterton's ability to render the familiar exceptional, explain the inexplicable, and illuminate the otherwise obscure. It presents a feast equally to soul, mind, and spirit. --Mark Noll, Retired Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame Just as an alphabet creates ways of communication, these alphabetically arranged excerpts of G. K. Chesterton open up mysteries of life, love, and belief so as to critique, refresh, and challenge any reader. --Rev. Kevin G. Grove, C.S.C., Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame


A pleasing packaging of the ever-reliable, ever-relevant, ever-resourceful, and everlasting G. K. Chesterton. I'm ready for a couple hundred more of these! --Dale Ahlquist, President of the American Chesterton Society Someone said that G. K. Chesterton's sayings are like potato chips: it's impossible to eat just one. They are gloriously addictive. GKC is a gold mine, and here are some gold potato chips. --From the foreword by Peter Kreeft, Catholic author and philosophy professor at Boston College This carefully edited volume is just the thing to introduce the wit, verbal dexterity, and deep Christian insight of G. K. Chesterton. Readers who do not know Chesterton will find a compelling introduction; veterans will once again experience Chesterton's ability to render the familiar exceptional, explain the inexplicable, and illuminate the otherwise obscure. It presents a feast equally to soul, mind, and spirit. --Mark Noll, Retired Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame Just as an alphabet creates ways of communication, these alphabetically arranged excerpts of G. K. Chesterton open up mysteries of life, love, and belief so as to critique, refresh, and challenge any reader. --Rev. Kevin G. Grove, C.S.C., Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame


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G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a prolific writer, poet, and satirist; a powerful journalist; and one of the most respected Catholic authors of the twentieth century.

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