Evangelization & Culture Podcast

How G.K. Chesterton Sees the World w/ Duncan Reyburn

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Apr 29, 2025
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INSIGHT

Chesterton's Call to Wakefulness

  • Chesterton calls readers to wake up from a world asleep in habit and despair.
  • His decisive commitment to joy challenges us to be alert and hopeful.
ANECDOTE

From Animation to Chesterton's Joy

  • Duncan Rayburn began reading Chesterton's essays during a boring animation job.
  • Morning essays became a joyful routine feeding his mind and leading to reading Orthodoxy.
INSIGHT

Chesterton’s Humor and Paradox

  • Chesterton uses humor, paradox, and whimsy to defamiliarize and jolt perception.
  • His style blends seriousness with lightness, making familiar things newly marvelous.
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