G. K. Chesterton
A Prophet for the 21st Century
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G. K. Chesterton is a perfect introduction to Chesterton's life, thought, work, and writing by one of our last living links to G. K. C.'s Distributist movement. Narrating the Chesterton story from something just less than first-hand knowledge, Aidan Mackey, who knew Pepler, Robbins, and other "second-generation" notables who cut their teeth on G. K.'s Weekly and other early Distributist media organs, offers an accessible, entertaining, and engaging look at the life of one of the 20th century's most perceptive, perspicacious, and occasionally pugnacious social critics, novelists, journalists, and poets. What makes Chesterton most appealing is the fact that his wisdom was always deployed in defense and support of the "common man," and it is this trait that Mackey reveals in the most compelling of terms.
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Introduction —Dale Ahlquist |
About the Author(s)
Aidan Mackey
Aidan Mackey was born in England in 1922 and became a Chesterton devotee at the age of 14 when his brother challenged him to “read something useful.” His passion led him to found the Distributist Association along with H. D. C. Pepler in 1947 and launch a small monthly journal, The Distributist, which saw publication from 1953 to 1960. He has written several books on Distributism, including Hilaire Belloc and His Critics and the recently revised and re-published G. K. Chesterton: Prophet for the 21st Century. He was instrumental in establishing the G. K. Chesterton Centre in Oxford.
Dale Ahlquist is the President of the American Chesterton Society and creator and host of the EWTN television series, “G. K. Chesterton: The Apostle of Common Sense.” He is the author of Common Sense 101: Lessons from G. K. Chesterton, the publisher of Gilbert Magazine, editor of The Annotated Lepanto, and associate editor of the Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton. He has written and lectured on Chesterton so much that he has not bothered getting a real job. He lives near Minneapolis with his wife and six children.
