The Everlasting Man (Parchment Books)

The Everlasting Man is one of G. K. Chestertons most respected works a witty imaginative and sincere attempt to justify the life of Jesus as a pivotal moment in the history of human spirituality. Dividing the book into two parts Chesterton looks first at early cave men and the ensuing development of pagan civilization claiming that such societies effectively separated myth and philosophy. By contrast in the second part of the book he demonstrates that following the Crucifixion these tendencies were successfully combined in the Christian religion. The result is a must-read ideological defence of Christianity a book described by C. S. Lewis as among the most influential he had ever encountered.