Heretics

Name: Heretics
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781802566369

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Raphael Croft

Unabridged: 5 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Interactive Media

Published: 05/23/2025

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections

Synopsis

Heretics by G. K. Chesterton is a thought-provoking collection of essays that critiques the intellectual and cultural trends of his time. Chesterton challenges the prevailing ideologies of modernity, targeting thinkers and movements he views as undermining tradition, faith, and common sense. With sharp wit and eloquence, he defends the necessity of orthodoxy—not as rigid dogma, but as a foundation for truth and sanity in an increasingly skeptical world. Chesterton argues that rejecting universal truths leads to fragmented philosophies and moral relativism, leaving humanity adrift. Through his characteristic blend of humor, paradox, and profound insight, he calls for a return to enduring values rooted in Christianity. Heretics is both a defense of belief and a celebration of the imaginative vitality that faith inspires, making it a timeless critique of doubt and a call to embrace meaning in a chaotic age.

About G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the twentieth century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography,Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics, and even those who disagree with him have recognized the universal appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian and came to identify such a position with Catholicism more and more, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. George Bernard Shaw, Chesterton's "friendly enemy" according to Time magazine, said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on July 17, 2009

Chesterton, let's face it, is thematically ataxic. He can't keep to one idea; in the words of an acquaintance of mine, he sidesteps issues by making sense. Reading Orthodoxy was an experience analogous to hearing an inebriated genius swerve through celestial ideas. The book's only lack is that its s......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on February 10, 2021

Neîndoios, G. K. Chesterton are vervă, umor, subtilitate, spirit polemic, tot ce vreți. Din păcate, eseurile lui arată că inteligența (oricît de multă!) nu te oprește să ajungi la concluzii dubioase, dacă pornești de la premise dubioase. Premisa fundamentală a autorului e că omul trebuie să aibă con......more

Goodreads review by Brian on April 27, 2019

I must have deposited every third or fourth sentence from this book into my OneNote file for future use and reflection. His sayings go down easily, but they have a collective impact. He can skewer the fallacious assumption of one's worldview without making the reader feel personally pricked. Chestert......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 12, 2014

4.5 Stars The Oxford English Dictionary Heretic: noun a person believing in or practising religious heresy. a person holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted. Heretics is by G.K. Chesterton's own admission, a work that merely serves to point out the 'heresies' contained within the popu......more

Goodreads review by Kara on June 19, 2024

GK Chesterton roasting his contemporaries for 175 straight pages - obviously 5 stars.......more