Orthodoxy

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Orthodoxy : The Classic Account of a Remarkable Christian Experience (The Wheaton Literary Series)

Information on Orthodoxy from the publisher:

Chesterton's classic explanation of the essentials of the Christian faith and of his pilgrimage to belief. Written in 1908, it displays all the intellectual clarity and literary skill of one of this century's greatest and most thoughtful authors. 'He is as much a political writer as George Orwell. Politics, in the narrow, as well as the widest, sense, informs and inspires his writing, which is why he remained all his life a journalist, to the despair of those who recognized the enormous scale of his gifts. But that is what Chesterton wanted to be, a 'jolly journalist'...because he thought his message important, and from Fleet Street it could reach the people who needed it most, and who perhaps had the best chance of understanding it.'—P.J. Kavanagh

Description of Philip Yancey, author of Orthodoxy:

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a self-described pagan at age twelve and totally agnostic by age sixteen. Yet his spiritual journey ultimately led to a personal philosophy of orthodox, biblical Christianity. In 1908, at the age of thirty-five, Chesterton published an account of his experiences--witty, intellectual, and personal writings later collected under the title Orthodoxy. Over the years, Orthodoxy has not lost its force as a timeless argument for the simple plausibility of traditional Christianity. This edition includes a foreword by Philip Yancey, who, like C.S. Lewis and other leading Christian writers, found this book to be pivotal in his Christian experience and credits Chesterton with helping to revive and define his faith.