5.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews. – Customer review on 29/08/2009

A marvellous book, if at all only due to the inherent brilliance of its author. Like many similar authors-philosophers of the time (CS Lewis for example), Chesterton makes sound usage of antimonies, contradictions and paradoxes to argue in an unexpected manner. In fact, it is probably the best example of such a method of all those i have heard.

Though it is a Christian apologetic text, dont expect many complex philosophical/historical style arguments to be presented. It mainly expounds the nihilism of atheism and the fantasy and freedom that theism allows, the kind of imaginative desire that is probably typical of a fantasy author such as Chesterton. Regardless, his arguments concerning the uniquess and apparently contradictory nature of the religion are not with poignant effect