Jan 13, 2013 ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Chesterton’s Library Resurrected

By Stephen Masty|2016-02-12T15:28:32-06:00January 13th, 2013|Categories: Books, Christianity, G.K. Chesterton, Libraries, Stephen Masty|

Much of Britain’s literary heritage may be found in America, from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C, to the manuscripts and letters of famous authors housed in wealthy universities from coast to coast. Not so for G. K. Chesterton’s own collection of his books and periodicals, and personal effects down to his hat, pince-nez [...]

Love, Justice, and God

Steven Mazie does well to criticize the complacency of Stephen Asma. Asma, citing obvious facts of evolutionary psychology, observes that our natural powers of knowing and loving are limited. So “universal love” is impossible. Our “empathy” extends with any significant force only to our family, friends, and “tribe.” According to the evolutionary psychologist, we are [...]