Orthodoxy von G. K. Chesterton

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Chesterton's timeless exploration of the essentials of Christian faith and of his pilgrimage to belief (more than 750,000 copies sold in the Image edition) is now reissued.

For G.K. Chesterton, orthodoxy carries us into the land of romance, right action, and revolution. In Orthodoxy, a classic in religious autobiography, he tells of his pilgrimage there by way of the doctrines of Christianity set out in the Apostles' Creed.

Where science seeks to explain all things in terms of calculation and necessary law, Chesterton argues on behalf of the Christian doctrines of mystery and free will. Sanity, he says, belongs to the poet who accepts the romance and drama of these beliefs rather than to the logician who does not. This sanity is not static. It does not mean merely learning the right doctrines and then lapsing into a refined meditation on them. Chesterton dismisses such an inactive belief as "the greatest disaster of the nineteenth century." For him, right thinking is a waste without right action.

For Chesterton the populist, political ction often spells revolution. He discovers in the doctrines of original sin and the divinity of Christ ever-present seedbeds of revolt in the face of the tyrannies of money and power.

Chesterton's timeless exploration of the essentials of Christian faith and of his pilgrimage to belief (more than 750,000 copies sold in the Image edition) is now reissued.

For G.K. Chesterton, orthodoxy carries us into the land of romance, right action, and revolution. In Orthodoxy, a classic in religious autobiography, he tells of his pilgrimage there by way of the doctrines of Christianity set out in the Apostles' Creed.

Where science seeks to explain all things in terms of calculation and necessary law, Chesterton argues on behalf of the Christian doctrines of mystery and free will. Sanity, he says, belongs to the poet who accepts the romance and drama of these beliefs rather than to the logician who does not. This sanity is not static. It does not mean merely learning the right doctrines and then lapsing into a refined meditation on them. Chesterton dismisses such an inactive belief as "the greatest disaster of the nineteenth century." For him, right thinking is a waste without right action.

For Chesterton the populist, political ction often spells revolution. He discovers in the doctrines of original sin and the divinity of Christ ever-present seedbeds of revolt in the face of the tyrannies of money and power.

AutorChesterton, G. K.
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr1991
Seitenangabe208 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in ca. 20-45 Arbeitstagen
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH20.9 cm x B14.1 cm x D1.4 cm 204 g
CoverlagBantam Doubleday Dell (Imprint/Brand)
ReiheImage Classics
VerlagRandom House N.Y.

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Über den Autor G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874 in London-Kensington in eine protestantisch-unitarische Familie hineingeboren, war in jungen Jahren stark von allem Okkulten fasziniert, trat aber 1922 schließlich der römisch-katholischen Kirche bei. Er studierte Illustration und Literaturwissenschaft (ohne Abschluss), arbeitete als Karikaturist und Journalist. Die Felder, auf denen er sich als Literat bewegte, waren vielfältig: Er schrieb Essays, Gedichte, Theaterstücke, Erzählungen und Romane. Außerdem war er ein streitbarer Intellektueller, führte Debatten zu ethischen, sozialen, historischen, aber auch (wirtschafts-)politischen Fragen mit George Bernard Shaw (seinem besten Freund, mit dem er allerdings selten einer Meinung war), H. G. Wells oder Bertrand Russell. Chesterton starb 1936 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. Die Totenmesse wurde in der Westminster Cathedral gehalten. 2013 wurde in Northampton ein Verfahren zu seiner Seligsprechung eröffnet, das jedoch sechs Jahre später wegen Chestertons »Mangel an Spiritualität« eingestellt wurde.

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