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How to Compare Religions, by Matthew McKenna – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Matthew McKenna, Catholic Exchange, February 7, 2025

Matthew McKenna is a Ph.D candidate in Theology at Ave Maria University. He studies and teaches on the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, G.K. Chesterton, and J.R.R. Tolkien. His dissertation-in-progress explains the link between the masculine genius and the priesthood.

 

Avatar photoChesterton’s classic The Everlasting Man is an attempt to show that Christianity is the one true religion.  His main argument comes in two steps.  First, he compares mankind to all other animals and finds that mankind is radically unique.  Thus, man is more than a mere animal; there is a spiritual element in him.  Second, Chesterton compares Christ to all other men.  He finds that Christ is radically unique among men and among all religious founders.  Thus, Christ is no mere man, and He is not just another religious leader.  Instead, He is God.  In the process of his arguments, Chesterton gives a useful system by which one can compare religions.

Chesterton says that we should compare religions psychologically, or by how they influence the person (Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, I.4).  According to this criterion of a psychological division of religions, Chesterton says there are four types of religions in the world: monotheism, pagan myth, witchcraft, and a natural philosophy. …

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