G.K. Chesterton Heretics

G.K. Chesterton is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays and articles from the turn of the twentieth century.

Chesterton begins the book by pointing out a very strange use of the term "Heretic": it seemed to be gaining use in England as a synonym for someone who was "clear-headed and courageous."

Chesterton, however, saw this use as betraying another sort of attitude: one where people no longer cared whether the things they believed were right or wrong.

He points to the cult...