Episode 57: GK Chesterton, Part 1

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Episode 57: GK Chesterton, Part 1

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Sep 20, 2017

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Our heroes express their love for the Prince of Paradox himself, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, while also tackling some thorny questions such as whether Chesterton was a racist (pretty much) and if his fiction is any good (not according to at least one grouchy podcaster).Next week more Chesterton and then Something Wicked This Way Comes.Throw us a couple bucks on Patreon!

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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