Orthodoxy Study Questions & Topics for Discussion

Orthodoxy Topics for Discussion

What is liberalism?

Why is Chesterton writing this book?

What is the relationship between democracy and liberalism?

Why does Chesterton think that democracy and Christianity are compatible?

How might Chesterton address the objection that many Christian governments, historically, have not been democratic?

Why does Chesterton think that imagination is a safeguard against insanity?

Why does Chesterton use fairy tales to provide an argument for God's existence?

What are Unitarians and why does Chesterton think their belief is dangerous?

Why does evolution appear so much in debates which have nothing to do with biology?

Is Chesterton's assessment of the role of the Catholic Church in European history in Chapter IX accurate? Why or why not?