| Title | : | My Name is Lazarus |
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| ISBN | : | 1505113865 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781505113860 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 349 |
| Publication | : | Published January 1, 2018 |
Jewish converts, Muslim converts, former atheists, agnostics, and Protestants of all stripes. Drawn to Chesterton for utterly different reasons. All arriving at the same destination.
A book of curiosity and confrontation and consolation.
Contributors include Bishop James Conley, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Peter Kreeft, Joseph Pearce, Leah Libresco, Kevin O’Brien, Brandon Vogt, Emma Fox Wilson, Carl Olson, Victoria Darkey, Matt Swaim, David Fagerberg and others. An utterly engaging collection of conversion stories. Includes a fascinating “new” account of Chesterton’s own conversion in his own words.
My Name is Lazarus Reviews
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A really good, diverse sampling of conversion stories from people highly influenced by G.K. Chesterton along the way. It certainly made me want to make Chesterton a bit of my daily reading and I appreciated all the different ways that people's attitudes were shifted.
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I picked it up not intending to read it again, but how could I resist? This book is a cornucopia of people, backgrounds, and literary quips that all point to the one man who led them home to the Catholic Church. I still love Chesterton and appreciate all his help along the way.
Review from the first read in January 2020: I loved Chesterton even before I knew him. I, along with all the contributors in this book, have an incredible saint and friend in this “joke-making , cigar-smoking, beer-drinking, untidy, absent-minded London journalist.” His prayers have changed an unthinkable amount of lives. This book contains the stories of so many who came to the fullness of faith through his works, sprinkled with their favorite passages of GKC. I’ll come back to this book again and again.
