G. K. Chesterton · 1874 – 1936
The Thing: Why I Am a Catholic
1929 · Dodd, Mead, New York (1930) · scanned edition
203pages
5 h 1 minreading time
4passages linked to Scripture
4links to verses
Contents
- INTRODUCTION1
- THE SCEPTIC AS A CRITIC4
- IS HUMANISM A RELIGION?12
- THE DRIFT FROM DOMESTICITY25
- LOGIC—AND LAWN TENNIS34
- OBSTINATE ORTHODOXY38
- THE USUAL ARTICLE50
- WHY I AM A CATHOLIC56
- WHAT DO THEY THINK?62
- THE MASK OF THE AGNOSTIC68
- THE EARLY BIRD IN HISTORY76
- PROTESTANTISM: A PROBLEM NOVEL82
- A SIMPLE THOUGHT87
- THE CALL TO THE BARBARIANS93
- ON THE NOVEL WITH A PURPOSE97
- THE REVOLT AGAINST IDEAS102
- THE FEASTS AND THE ASCETIC108
- WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS?112
- THE HAT AND THE HALO116
- ON TWO ALLEGORIES121
- THE PROTESTANT SUPERSTITIONS126
- ON COURAGE AND INDEPENDENCE131
- THE NORDIC HINDOO137
- A SPIRITUALIST LOOKS BACK141
- THE ROOTS OF SANITY147
- SOME OF OUR ERRORS153
- THE SLAVERY OF THE MIND160
- INGE VERSUS BARNES163
- WHAT WE THINK ABOUT168
- THE OPTIMIST AS A SUICIDE176
- THE OUTLINE OF THE FALL180
- THE IDOLS OF SCOTLAND184
- IF THEY HAD BELIEVED189
- PEACE AND THE PAPACY194
- THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS199