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Defiant Joy
- Author
- Kevin Belmonte
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 28 November 2017
- Run Time
- 8 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
You may be aware that G. K. Chesterton authored influential Christian biographies and apologetics. But you may not know the larger-than-life Gilbert Keith Chesterton himself―not yet. Equally versed in poetry, novels, literary criticism, and journalism, he addressed politics, culture, and religion with a towering intellect and a soaring wit.
Chesterton engaged his world through the written word. He carried on lively, public discussions with the social commentators of his day, continually challenging them with civility, humility, erudition, and his ever-sharp sense of humor. Today’s reader can find the same treasures, for as Chesterton said, “What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century.”
In Kevin Belmonte’s fresh new biography, you’ll get to know the real G. K. Chesterton and his literary and cultural accomplishments. A giant of his time, Chesterton continues to live large in the imaginations of twenty-first-century readers.
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“A wonderful reminder of the magnificent example Chesterton has set for us.”
Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship
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Details
- Author
- Kevin Belmonte
- Narrator
- Robertson Dean
- Duration
- 8 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 November 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538493939
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: religious and spiritual
Synopsis
You may be aware that G. K. Chesterton authored influential Christian biographies and apologetics. But you may not know the larger-than-life Gilbert Keith Chesterton himself―not yet. Equally versed in poetry, novels, literary criticism, and journalism, he addressed politics, culture, and religion with a towering intellect and a soaring wit.Chesterton engaged his world through the written word. He carried on lively, public discussions with the social commentators of his day, continually challenging them with civility, humility, erudition, and his ever-sharp sense of humor. Today’s reader can find the same treasures, for as Chesterton said, “What a man can believe depends upon his philosophy, not upon the clock or the century.”In Kevin Belmonte’s fresh new biography, you’ll get to know the real G. K. Chesterton and his literary and cultural accomplishments. A giant of his time, Chesterton continues to live large in the imaginations of twenty-first-century readers.
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