'But you and all the kind of Christ
Are ignorant and brave,
And you have wars you hardly win
And souls you hardly save.'
The ballad of the white horse

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

G.K. Chesterton; essential writings

I finally finished the selection William Griffin made for the 'modern spiritual masters series'. One oddity to begin with is that I would not have selected all these pieces for such a 'spiritual' series: some were quite funny, but not overly religious (the 'piece of chalk', for example). The focus is on Chesterton's combinations of insight, hilarity and humility; the pieces are perfect illustrations.
I mentioned before that I usually dislike selections as compared to reading the original writings in context. In this selection, so many pieces came from 'Orthodoxy', that I could see the whole thing as a reminder of that excellent book. Furthermore, the last chapter about Chesterton's debate with Shaw on socialism and distributism is very insightful.

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