The Defendant – latest issue – Summer 2026
A Quiet Surge of Faith – and a Literary Revival – Karl Schmude examines the unexpected revival of Christian faith in various countries and its fresh expression in literature, reflecting Chesterton’s own approach of combining the philosophical penetration of truth with its literary imagining.
Reflections on a Biography of Chesterton – Chris Rule finds some perceptive comments in a Peter Ackroyd review of Alzina Stone Dale’s biography of Chesterton, The Outline of Sanity.
And much more …
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