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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Ralph C.

Series:

Making of the Christian imagination.

MCI : the making of the Christian imagination

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology in literature.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936--Religion.

Chesterton, G. K.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 who live in it. During an age when the words grace, love, and gospel, sound more hackneyed than genuine, Wood argues for a recovery of Chesterton's primary contentions: First, that the incarnation of Jesus was necessary reveals a world full not of a righteous creation but of tragedy, terror, and nightmare

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781602584426

1602584427

OCLC:

769189745