© 2005 - 2020 AudioBookStore.com - All Rights Reserved. It is a serious book all the same, and if you spend some time with it, will help you think more clearly about how we came to be the people we are. The main problem with the book is related to this particular version - missing punctuation, rogue words and misspellings can be found on the majority of pages of the book. Jederzeit kündbar. Retelling mankind's story from the very beginning, he shows how all human desires are … One credit a month to pick any title from our entire premium selection to keep (you’ll use your first credit now). Few people had a more profound effect on Christianity in the 20th century than G. K. Chesterton. Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. A prolific Shakespearean actor, he trained at RADA and proceeded to work at the Manchester Library Theatre and the Bristol Old Vic early in his career. Audiobook Download The Everlasting Man Author G.K. Chesterton Narrator Derek Perkins Runtime 10.5 Hrs. In The Everlasting Man, G. K. Chesterton paints the full panorama of human history in light of Christian tradition. Bei Abschluss Ihrer Bestellung melden Sie sich bei Audible an und erklären sich mit unseren AGB einverstanden. Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern, um unsere Dienste anzubieten, um zu verstehen, wie die Kunden unsere Dienste nutzen, damit wir Verbesserungen vornehmen können, und um Werbung anzuzeigen. Chesterton was popular in my high school decades ago for his Father Brown mysteries, and having read them then, and much of his friend C. .S. It is not big words, needless complexity, or British style and spelling that slowed my comprehension, but big ideas, big concepts that are often difficult to get our heads around and come to a rational justification for our belief systems. His books are not "dry", but lively, full of wit, fun, good humor, and fine reasoning. Here you will find a description of Christianity and its relation to other faiths strong and fine as aged wine. Chesterton writes an interesting and witty account of his often quite novel insights into things. Bitte lesen Sie auch unsere Datenschutzerklärung. I Enjoyed reading the first chapter with his mockery of the theory of evolution, but after that I became bogged down and eventually gave up. The Everlasting Man, written in response to an anti-Christian history of humans penned by H.G. Please type in your email address in order to receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password. Dezember 2019. It is all too easy to draw the parallels between Chesterton and Lewis, but here we go. Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2017. Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was born in London. It is all too easy to draw the parallels between Chesterton and Lewis, but here we go. Retelling mankind's story from the very beginning, he shows how all human desires are … G K C had his own inimitable style of writing. I have been forever liberated from superficial sophistry that focuses only on the superficial for the sole purpose of obscuring the only things that matter. In the same way he then shows us that for all the superficial similarities between ancient and other religions and Christianity, the gulf is even greater. We will send you an email as soon as this title is available. Imagine if, after reading David Barry and laughing your head off, you wanted to go out and kiss a blade of grass or be amazed by the water running in the river instead of (say) looking up at the sky to make sure there aren't any mackerel about to fall on you. Momentanes Problem beim Laden dieses Menüs. © Copyright 2011 - 2020 RB Audiobooks USA LLC. But the ideas and argument are fundamentally well grounded and insightful -- antidote to the facile caricatures of religion and Christianity that are even more rife now than in Chesterton's own time. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Exclusive Prime offer: save 44% on the regular monthly price of Audible and pay just $8.30/month when billed annually. Juni 2000. The Everlasting Man is a loquacious monologue where the style is occasionally irritating, but if you can look past this minor shortcoming, The Everlasting Man is an outstanding apologetic for Christianity. Logan Wolfram. Highly influential in C. S. Lewis' conversion from atheism to Christianity, this book continues to inspire new generations of listeners. Be the first to review this product. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 25, 2018. Exclusive Prime offer: save 44% on the regular monthly price of Audible and pay just $8.30/month when billed annually. Few people had a more profound effect on Christianity in the 20th century than G. K. Chesterton. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Switch between reading the Kindle book & listening to the Audible narration with, Get the Audible audiobook for the reduced price of $7.49 after you. Written partly as a reply to H.G. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2017. But what an enjoyable task it is. I read each page twice before going on to the next. If nothing else, it will poke your assumptions, no matter what they are. What a refreshing reminder of the glory that is man. Chesterton writes an interesting and witty account of his often quite novel insights into things. Having ordered the book for our college library, I tried not to mark it too much, but found myself putting ink dots on paragraph after paragraph of material I wanted to quote. März 2017. Please try again. Thank you, G.K. What a great book. Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2016. For C.S. This fact and its many-sided consequences is the central fact of history, around which any "outline" must be drawn. Lewis it was a first step away from Atheism and toward Christianity. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. Discover other books by G. K. Chesteron, or visit ChestertonBooks.com to see other books in our G. K. Chesterton series. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2019, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2019. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Please try again. Audiobook Download The Everlasting Man Author G. K. Chesterton Narrator John Franklyn-Robbins Runtime 11.5 Hrs. In it, he explains Christ's place in history, asserting that the Christian myth carries more weight than other mythologies for one simple reason-it is the truth. Lewis mentioned that this book had a significant impact to his conversion to Christianity from atheism.