Read More CS Lewis
Posted: 11 Oct 2022, 09:39
I just recommended The Screwtape Letters to a raging progressive last week on FB. Felt like I did my bit; or all I could do.
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I've read Lewis non fiction and get by ok. I've never read Chesterton before now, and honestly am struggling somewhat with Orthodoxy. Maybe it's my current frame of mind, but I'm having trouble following it. I'm more or less just muddling through it so far. Looking at the review in the link posted above, there are quite a few quotes listed, but I guess I've been missing those, in the midst of all of the verbage, or what the reviewer calls rhetoric.Del wrote: ↑07 Jul 2022, 09:49 I need to spend some more time with Lewis. I loved Screwtape. Mere Christianity is a classic for good reason. Pipeson and Jordan Peterson regularly quote The Abolition of Man.
It's difficult to find a place to start with Chesterton. Wherever a guy starts reading, it's always in the middle.tuttle wrote: ↑07 Jul 2022, 05:29 I think this would be an interesting exercise with G.K. Chesterton as well, but I'm so much more familiar with the whole of Lewis' works. For Chesterton I'd need to depend on someone else--although a great book in this vein is a collection of essays called "In Defense of Sanity"
To be honest, the folks at the Chesterton Society have struggled for years to come up with an introductory reading plan for GKC. The problem is that he wrote so damn much.... in several diverse genres and on so many different topics/categories of topics. A Chesterton guy really wants to interview the new reader a bit, find out what he's interested in and what he likes to read, and then recommend something that suits him.
The Chesterton Society have a list of recommended books, sorted according to one's taste and interest -- Shakespeare, poetry, essays, novels, Christian apologetics, economics & social commentary, mystery stories, biographies....
https://www.chesterton.org/reading-plan/
Everyone gets lost in Orthodoxy. One problem is that each sentence is so quotably beautiful that the reader loses the overall thread. Orthodoxy should not be the first book of a new Chesterton reader. Those ponderous paragraphs are challenging for modern readers, who think in terms of "tweets."sweetandsour wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 14:24I've read Lewis non fiction and get by ok. I've never read Chesterton before now, and honestly am struggling somewhat with Orthodoxy. Maybe it's my current frame of mind, but I'm having trouble following it. I'm more or less just muddling through it so far. Looking at the review in the link posted above, there are quite a few quotes listed, but I guess I've been missing those, in the midst of all of the verbage, or what the reviewer calls rhetoric.Del wrote: ↑07 Jul 2022, 09:49 I need to spend some more time with Lewis. I loved Screwtape. Mere Christianity is a classic for good reason. Pipeson and Jordan Peterson regularly quote The Abolition of Man.
It's difficult to find a place to start with Chesterton. Wherever a guy starts reading, it's always in the middle.tuttle wrote: ↑07 Jul 2022, 05:29 I think this would be an interesting exercise with G.K. Chesterton as well, but I'm so much more familiar with the whole of Lewis' works. For Chesterton I'd need to depend on someone else--although a great book in this vein is a collection of essays called "In Defense of Sanity"
To be honest, the folks at the Chesterton Society have struggled for years to come up with an introductory reading plan for GKC. The problem is that he wrote so damn much.... in several diverse genres and on so many different topics/categories of topics. A Chesterton guy really wants to interview the new reader a bit, find out what he's interested in and what he likes to read, and then recommend something that suits him.
The Chesterton Society have a list of recommended books, sorted according to one's taste and interest -- Shakespeare, poetry, essays, novels, Christian apologetics, economics & social commentary, mystery stories, biographies....
https://www.chesterton.org/reading-plan/
To the uninitiated, I always recommend starting with Tremendous Trifles.Del wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 16:18Everyone gets lost in Orthodoxy. One problem is that each sentence is so quotably beautiful that the reader loses the overall thread. Orthodoxy should not be the first book of a new Chesterton reader. Those ponderous paragraphs are challenging for modern readers, who think in terms of "tweets."sweetandsour wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 14:24I've read Lewis non fiction and get by ok. I've never read Chesterton before now, and honestly am struggling somewhat with Orthodoxy. Maybe it's my current frame of mind, but I'm having trouble following it. I'm more or less just muddling through it so far. Looking at the review in the link posted above, there are quite a few quotes listed, but I guess I've been missing those, in the midst of all of the verbage, or what the reviewer calls rhetoric.Del wrote: ↑07 Jul 2022, 09:49 I need to spend some more time with Lewis. I loved Screwtape. Mere Christianity is a classic for good reason. Pipeson and Jordan Peterson regularly quote The Abolition of Man.
It's difficult to find a place to start with Chesterton. Wherever a guy starts reading, it's always in the middle.
To be honest, the folks at the Chesterton Society have struggled for years to come up with an introductory reading plan for GKC. The problem is that he wrote so damn much.... in several diverse genres and on so many different topics/categories of topics. A Chesterton guy really wants to interview the new reader a bit, find out what he's interested in and what he likes to read, and then recommend something that suits him.
The Chesterton Society have a list of recommended books, sorted according to one's taste and interest -- Shakespeare, poetry, essays, novels, Christian apologetics, economics & social commentary, mystery stories, biographies....
https://www.chesterton.org/reading-plan/
But it is his most popular work. My recommendation is to read it through, and just let it flow along. And then commit to reading it again. The second time makes a lot more sense. And it stands up for multiple readings.
Yeah. Truffles are wonderful.tuttle wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 13:11To the uninitiated, I always recommend starting with Tremendous Trifles.Del wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 16:18Everyone gets lost in Orthodoxy. One problem is that each sentence is so quotably beautiful that the reader loses the overall thread. Orthodoxy should not be the first book of a new Chesterton reader. Those ponderous paragraphs are challenging for modern readers, who think in terms of "tweets."sweetandsour wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 14:24
I've read Lewis non fiction and get by ok. I've never read Chesterton before now, and honestly am struggling somewhat with Orthodoxy. Maybe it's my current frame of mind, but I'm having trouble following it. I'm more or less just muddling through it so far. Looking at the review in the link posted above, there are quite a few quotes listed, but I guess I've been missing those, in the midst of all of the verbage, or what the reviewer calls rhetoric.
But it is his most popular work. My recommendation is to read it through, and just let it flow along. And then commit to reading it again. The second time makes a lot more sense. And it stands up for multiple readings.
You smoke truffles? Tell me more.Biff wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 19:28Yeah. Truffles are wonderful.tuttle wrote: ↑01 Nov 2022, 13:11To the uninitiated, I always recommend starting with Tremendous Trifles.Del wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 16:18
Everyone gets lost in Orthodoxy. One problem is that each sentence is so quotably beautiful that the reader loses the overall thread. Orthodoxy should not be the first book of a new Chesterton reader. Those ponderous paragraphs are challenging for modern readers, who think in terms of "tweets."
But it is his most popular work. My recommendation is to read it through, and just let it flow along. And then commit to reading it again. The second time makes a lot more sense. And it stands up for multiple readings.
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