Chesterton, Apologetics, and the Art of Positioning. (April 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Chesterton, Apologetics, and the Art of Positioning. (April 2020)
- Main Title:
- Chesterton, Apologetics, and the Art of Positioning
- Authors:
- Pickering, David
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This article analyses G.K. Chesterton's positioning of himself as an apologist in relation to his audience. It argues that he deployed a set of rhetorical devices that enabled him to create common ground with his readers. He used these devices to present himself as a friend, and to claim that he presented religious questions to his readers in the manner of an unbiased explorer, in spite of his own faith commitments. As part of this strategy, he restricted the range of theology he used in his apologetics so as to remain as far as possible within boundaries his non-religious readers could easily relate to. The article concludes with reflections concerning Chesterton's influence on some of the Inklings and his relevance for contemporary apologetics.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of Inklings studies. Volume 10:Number 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of Inklings studies
- Issue:
- Volume 10:Number 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0010-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 37
- Page End:
- 51
- Publication Date:
- 2020-04
- Subjects:
- G.K. Chesterton -- apologetics -- rhetoric
Inklings (Group of writers) -- Periodicals
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Periodicals
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 20th century -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals
820.900912 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.euppublishing.com/journals ↗
https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/ink ↗
http://www.inklings-studies.com/current_issue.html ↗ - DOI:
- 10.3366/ink.2020.0061 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2045-8800
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- Legaldeposit
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