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By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine, Oct. 25, 2024
Sadly, I believe that Catholic apologetics and debate have been greatly degraded, at least in the popular culture, with the meteoric rise of social media influence.
A few years ago, I stumbled upon a stack of old copies of The Chesterton Review at a parish book sale; so naturally, I bought about 20 copies. The first edition I read was an issue focusing on the question of whether G.K. Chesterton was a fascist. The first essay proposed that he was a fascist, or at least his ideas were adjacent to or in favor of fascism, and the subsequent four essays argued the opposite. I cannot recall who all the authors were, although I do remember that Joseph Pearce was one who argued that Chesterton was not, in fact, a fascist; I never forget something that I read from Pearce. …Related posts
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