
"He had the capacity to see the practical results that will come out of a thought, like a man who could look at an acorn and see the oak.” G.K. Chesterton, as author David Fagerberg convincingly proposes, is as relevant today as he was at the turn of the last century. Chesterton is Everywhere is a charming collection of essays that apply the thought of the great English writer to everyday and eternal subjects.
Fagerberg discusses happiness (what Chesterton called “ the dotrine of conditional joy”), the realm of the ordinary, social reform, apologetics and Catholic life, and the transcendent truths “ that weigh upon every human being.”
Includes delightful illustrations by Theodore Schluenderfritz, artistic director of Gilbert magazine.
About the Author
David W. Fagerberg is Professor Emeritus of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He holds an M.Div. from Luther Northwestern Seminary; an M.A. from St. John’s University, Collegeville; an S.T.M. from Yale Divinity School; and a Ph.D. from Yale University. His work first explored how lex orandi is the foundation for lex credendi (Theologia Prima, 2003). To this he integrated the Orthodox understanding of asceticism as capacitating the liturgical person (On Liturgical Asceticism, 2013). He applied this to our liturgical life in the world (Consecrating the World, 2016) and then to our interior liturgical life (Liturgical Mysticism, 2019).