Philadelphia Chesterton Society

August 2022: Tales of the Long Bow

8/4/2022

Join us on Sunday, August 21 at Ivy Hall to discuss Chesterton's book of impossible stories of impossible deeds, tales so tall they get the reader's head into the heavens (which is the point): Tales of the Long Bow. You can read the book online, purchase a paperback or e-book edition, or listen to a free audiobook version. RSVP for this meeting below the jump!

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July 24: Manalive - A New Reading

6/27/2022

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For our July meeting, we will return to a work we've read in the past, Manalive - Chesterton's short novel about the fascinating Innocent Smith. You can purchase the book at the Chesterton Society's shop. It is available for free online as well. Finally, it is also available at Amazon in various formats, including audiobook.

We will be reading with a specific focus this time around. At our last meeting, we discussed how notable it is that so many of Chesterton's core ideas are threaded throughout all of his works, and how echoes of the same themes arise again and again. This is not only the case with his non-fiction works, but his fiction as well. And so, this time reading Manalive, we will focus in particular on how we see Chesterton's philosophical and religious ideas manifested in the story.

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June 26th: Eugenics and Other Evils

5/30/2022

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Join the Society on June 26th for a discussion of Chesterton's groundbreaking work, Eugenics and Other Evils, from 1922.

The book is can be read online, is available for purchase in various formats, and can also be accessed in a free audiobook version. There are also additional resources available to those wishing to dig a bit deeper, below the jump...

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Come, let us reason together - May 2022

4/14/2022

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Join the Society for a special meeting on May 15th, 2022 where we will discuss Chesterton and the art of argumentation. This is a sort of preview of the talk that our Society President, Joe Grabowski, will be presenting at the 41st Annual Chesterton Conference later in the summer!

For this meeting, we will be using a special reading packet that can be downloaded from the site. Note: you will need a password to access the download page, which will be received by those who RSVP; even those who cannot attend but want the packet should RSVP "no" in order to get access to the packet. If you need the password, send us a note. More meeting info and a form to RSVP, below the jump!

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We're Back! Mark your calendar for April 10

3/24/2022

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After a bit of a haitus owing to the malady that shan't be named, the Society will be resuming our regular meetings in April 2022! We will meet at Ivy Hall on Sunday, April 10, at 6:00 PM. Details are below.

For this meeting, it'll be mostly social in nature: reconnecting, catching up, (hopefully) greeting new members, talking about what we've all been reading in our own spare time, and so forth.

You can RSVP for this meeting below the jump!

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