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Pints with Chesterton Grace Krause and Marie Bates
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GK Chesterton was a very large man with a very large brain and an even bigger capacity for joy and gratitude for the ordinary things of life. He loved his wife, he loved storytelling, and was a literary giant. On this podcast we break open his works and talk about this genius.
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Episode 41: “Man and Mythology” The Everlasting Man Part One: Ch. 5
What is myth? Are we meant to believe it? Which human need does myth fulfill? Listen in to Grace and Marie’s discussion to find out! Join them for Chapter 6 of The Everlasting Man, next time. SubscribingIf you enjoyed this episode, you can subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, TuneIn, or manually via our RSS feed.
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Episode 40: “God and Comparative Religion” The Everlasting Man Part One: Ch. 4
In this episode, Grace and Marie discuss the problem with comparing religions when Christianity is unique and cannot be compared with other belief systems. Join them for Chapter 5 of The Everlasting Man, next time. SubscribingIf you enjoyed this episode, you can subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, TuneIn, or manually via our RSS feed.
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Episode 39: “The Antiquity of Civilisation” The Everlasting Man Part One: Ch. 3
Grace and Marie discuss early civilizations, barbarians, nomads, slavery, feminism and more in this episode of Pints with Chesterton! Join them for Chapter 4 of The Everlasting Man, next time. SubscribingIf you enjoyed this episode, you can subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, TuneIn, or manually via our RSS feed.
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Professors and Prehistoric Men
On this episode of PWC, Marie and Grace discuss chapter 2 of The Everlasting Man, Professors and Prehistoric Man. In this chapter, GKC establishes who and what a human being is and what sets man apart from all the animals of creation- art and religion. Next EpisodeGrace and Marie will be continuing Ch. 3 of The … Continue reading "Episode 37: The Everlasting Man: Ch. 2"
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Pints with Chesterton
In this episode of Pints with Chesterton, Marie and Grace give life updates and share the plan for the podcast. While they have the greatest aspirations and wish PWC was a full time job, it is, alas, a mere hobby. Hobby or no, it will continue, but these ladies will be continuing with shorter works … Continue reading "Episode 38: The Big Little Update"
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Pints with Chesterton
In this episode of PWC, Marie and Grace dive into one of Chesterton's best known and studied works, The Everlasting Man. In Orthodoxy, Chesterton tells the personal story of how he came to believe in Christianity. In this much later book, he tells the story of how the world came to faith. He has converted to the Catholic faith by the time of TEM. In the Plan of This Book and Ch 1, Chesterton sets the world scene for the man called Jesus by going all the way back to cavemen.