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From: The Topeka Capital-Journal
Date: 20011110
Author:Phil Anderson Capital-Journal

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By Phil Anderson

The Capital-Journal

G.K. CHESTERTON, "Orthodoxy" (Shaw-WaterBrook, hardcover, 246 pages, $13.99). Before there was C.S. Lewis, there was Gilbert Keith Chesterton, an Englishman who moved from paganism and agnosticism to become one of Christianity's leading apologists. In 1908, when he was 35, Chesterton published a collection of personal accounts of his spiritual journey in a book titled "Orthodoxy." Christian thinkers and authors ranging from Lewis to Philip Yancey point to "Orthodoxy," rereleased in this present volume, as a pivotal book in helping them get a grip on ...

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