How to Use Your Head for Its Original Purpose
Dr. Kimberly Moore-Jumonville
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: News
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On Tuesday at 7 p.m. in WG 110 the President of the American Chesterton Society, Dale Ahlquist, will speak on the intersection of faith and art in the works of G. K. Chesterton.
Chesterton (London 1874-1936) seemed a comic figure to some of his contemporaries, but his towering intellect matched his physical height of six feet four inches. Having studied art at the Slade School in London, Chesterton humbly claimed journalism as his main craft. He was a man who could write a longhand essay while simultaneously dictating another to his secretary.
In addition to writing an article a week for his entire adult life, Chesterton authored over a hundred books and contributed essays to many more. Furthermore, he wrote capably and Christianly on almost every conceivable topic in almost every imaginable genre: literary criticism, poetry, fiction, biography, theology, apologetics, mystery, etc. Rather than "journalist," he could be better dubbed a Christian cultural critic in the English "man of letters" tradition.
The College of Arts and Sciences invites students to come hear Dale Ahlquist, host of EWN's G. K. Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense television series describe Chesterton's challenge for how thinking Christians can most meaningfully engage the culture.
Chesterton (London 1874-1936) seemed a comic figure to some of his contemporaries, but his towering intellect matched his physical height of six feet four inches. Having studied art at the Slade School in London, Chesterton humbly claimed journalism as his main craft. He was a man who could write a longhand essay while simultaneously dictating another to his secretary.
In addition to writing an article a week for his entire adult life, Chesterton authored over a hundred books and contributed essays to many more. Furthermore, he wrote capably and Christianly on almost every conceivable topic in almost every imaginable genre: literary criticism, poetry, fiction, biography, theology, apologetics, mystery, etc. Rather than "journalist," he could be better dubbed a Christian cultural critic in the English "man of letters" tradition.
The College of Arts and Sciences invites students to come hear Dale Ahlquist, host of EWN's G. K. Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense television series describe Chesterton's challenge for how thinking Christians can most meaningfully engage the culture.
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