The Everlasting Man

Name: The Everlasting Man
Author: G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer and Christian apologist, famed for his wit, paradox, and defence of orthodox Christianity. A journalist and man of letters, he created the priest-detective Father Brown and wrote on nearly every subject of his day. Our library holds Heretics and Orthodoxy, in which he answered his critics and set out his own joyful creed; he entered the Roman Catholic Church in 1922.

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First published: 1925
Category: Theology
Length: 93k words · about 6 hours
Chapters: 18

About this book

Chesterton challenges materialist and evolutionary accounts of human history, arguing that prehistoric humanity, ancient religions, and pagan myth cannot be reduced to simple formulas. He turns to the Gospel story beginning with Christ’s birth in a cave at Bethlehem, and contends that Christianity is unique: it repeatedly passes through apparent deaths and renewals. The argument calls readers to see Christ as more than one figure among others in history.