Chesterton : The Nightmare Goodness of God /

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The literary giant G.K. Chesterton is often praised as the""Great Optimist""--God's rotund jester. In this fresh and daring endeavor, Ralph Wood turns a critical eye on Chesterton's corpus to reveal the beef-and-ale believer's darker vision of the world and those w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Ralph C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936.
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936 > Themes, motives.
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936 > Religion.
Theology in literature.
Themes, motives.
Religion.
Theologie dans la litterature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Man as holy monster: Christian humanism, evolution, and orthodoxy
  • Patriotism and the true patria : distributism, hymns, and Christendom in Dublin
  • Militarism and the church militant : Lepanto, defense of World War I, and the truce of Christmas
  • Waning of the west and the threat of Islam : the new Jerusalem and the Flying Inn
  • Tyrannical tolerance and ferocious hospitality : the ball and the cross
  • Bane and blessing of civilization : torture, democracy, and the ballad of the white horse
  • Nightmare mystery of divine action : the man who was Thursday.

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