Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton
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Orthodoxy

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Narrator: Raphael Croft

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2025

Synopsis

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton is a brilliant exploration of faith, reason, and the human condition. In this timeless work, Chesterton recounts his personal journey to Christian orthodoxy, presenting it not as a restrictive creed but as a vibrant and imaginative framework for understanding life's mysteries. With characteristic wit and paradox, he argues that Christianity uniquely balances the seemingly contradictory aspects of existence—freedom and order, wonder and logic, joy and sorrow. Chesterton critiques modern philosophies that seek to simplify or deconstruct reality, asserting that orthodoxy’s complexity reflects the richness of human experience. Through vivid prose and profound insights, Orthodoxy champions the intellectual depth and poetic beauty of traditional Christian beliefs, offering readers a compelling defense of faith as both rational and revolutionary.

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 Gwen on December 15, 2011

I have to think of Chesterton as happy nitroglycerin. This book sends your head up into the clouds while driving your feet deep into the earth. It spins you dizzier than you've ever been, yet makes you walk straighter than you've ever walked. Read this first in 2007, again in 2011.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on January 22, 2022

This was my umpteenth time reading Orthodoxy. For years I had the audio version on my iPod Shuffle. Hilariously it played the chapters out of order, but it didn't really matter. I listened to them over and over again. it was fun to go back and read it in print again. And as other of my friends have......more

Goodreads review by Fr.Bill on July 25, 2007

This is an absolute must for either Catholics or Protestants, as Chesterton addresses an aspect of mere Christianity (it's profound and monumental common sensensicalness!) in a way that sparkles with wit, humor, and intellectual derring-do. Incidentally, if you set yourself to reading it out loud, yo......more

Goodreads review by Owlseyes on October 10, 2021

"And though St John the Evangelist saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators" "It was natural, perhaps, that a modern Marxian Socialist should not know anything about free will" "The new scientific society definitely discourages men from think......more

Goodreads review by John on March 11, 2007

imagine walking into a dangerous and violent bar with the biggest, baddest ufc champion ever to grace the octagon. or walking into a house party with the hottest date ever. or entering a church basketball tournament with an nba caliber ringer on your team. i'm guessing that's what it would have felt......more

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