Chesterton : the nightmare goodness of God

Chesterton : the nightmare goodness of God / Ralph C. Wood.

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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Main Author: Wood, Ralph C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2011.
Series:Making of the Christian imagination.
Subjects:
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936 > Religion.
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936 > Themes, motives.
Chesterton, G. K. > (Gilbert Keith), > 1874-1936
Theology in literature.
Religion
Themes, motives
Theology in literature
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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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