As an investigation into the life of Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton nears a close, admirers of the English writer voiced hope that his sainthood cause could soon be opened. "Chesterton stands up ...

This is an undated portrait of G.K. Chesterton by Edwin Swan. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an agnostic who converted to Catholicism in 1922 and became one of Catholicism's best-known defenders. (OSV ...

Devotees of the English writer and Catholic apologist G.K. Chesterton rejoiced at the news that a Catholic bishop in England is seeking to open an investigation into whether he should be declared a ...

Christian History Magazine Editorial Staff (Author), Galli, Mark (Editor), Olsen, Ted (Editor), Packer, J. I. (Foreword) Some historical figures manage to be both famous and obscure. John Newton, the ...

The author of a new book on G.K. Chesterton says the 20th-century author and Catholic convert is a model for joyful evangelization who can help unify the fractured modern worldview. "Chesterton is the ...

Our local American Chesterton Society group gathers monthly to read and discuss an essay, poem, or a chapter of one of Chesterton’s books, sharing some snacks and libations. We’ve read Father Brown ...

Chesterton clashed with many leading intellectuals of his day. He also counted them as friends. The prolific playwright, critic, essayist, and Irishman G.B. Shaw first met Chesterton in 1901. They ...

In The Sins of G K Chesterton, Richard Ingrams mourns a tribute he wrote to his subject for the Daily Telegraph in 1986. “I am shocked by…my determination to exonerate Chesterton of any shortcomings,” ...

George Bernard Shaw lived to be 94, dying 70 years ago, in 1950, and was for several decades, along with H. G. Wells, the most influential writer in the world, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature ...