Hendrickson Christian Classics: Heretics: Heresy and Orthodoxy in the History of the Church (Hardcover)

from deusvitae

Book itself: unfortunately, I got to the introduction only after reading it through; knowing that this book came before Orthodoxy, and that it was written by 1905, would have been useful throughout the reading. Nevertheless, Chesterton plows forward in this book in his unique style, often turning...

from ari.joki

The prickly old polemicist at his trade. Chesterton's writing is hugely interesting. Even when he is clearly wrong, I need to really think how to refute him. Sometimes it is in his postulates or axioms, never in his rhetoric. (Note that when I say "he is clearly wrong", I am only repeating Cheste...

from ManipledMutineer

Classic Chestertonian fare.

from ben_a

Chesterton is a one-of-a-kind marvel. Everyone knows him for apologetics, but his literary criticism is likely better. His observation that Kipling love the soldier not because he loves strength, but because loves work is a better key to Kipling than I have found in any other critic. And, as me...

from QuietedWaters

Chesterton was a jovial, good-natured man, known for his raucous laughter and his love for naps and good beer. But Chesterton was also criticized for his joy, particularly criticized for how many jokes he made at his opponents' expense. Heretics exhibits that style of jovial criticism, as in its ...