Orthodoxy: With Annotations and Guided Reading by Trevin Wax

“From theological treatises to biographies to detective stories, Chesterton was one of the greatest writers in the English language from the 20th century. This is Chesterton's witty and intellectually robust defense of the joys of Christian orthodoxy.”

“In reading Chesterton . . . I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.”

““If I were to state [Chesterton’s] essential quality, I would say that it is a sort of triumphant common sense—a joyous acclaim toward the splendor and the powers of the soul.”

“If you only read one book by Chesterton—well then shame on you—but if you only read one book by Chesterton, it has to be Orthodoxy. (However, if you read only Orthodoxy, you had better read it more than once.)”

“It is a dated work, dealing in the categories and concerns of Chesterton’s contemporaries, and yet it comes nearer to timelessness than anything we have today. Though Orthodoxy was written near the start of the 20th century, I have dubbed it the most important book for the 21st.”