%0 Journal Article
%T Rome in the historical imagination of G. K. Chesterton¡¯s Everlasting Man
%A Susan Hanssen
%J Church, Communication and Culture
%D 2020
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1713015
%X Abstract Roman civilization is at the heart of G.K. Chesterton¡¯s historical imagination. Nowhere is this more evident than in his 1925 book The Everlasting Man, which challenged a materialist, evolutionary perspective on history and highlighted the distinctive place of the Christian Church in the development of civilization. By distinguishing between the ¡®healthy heathenism¡¯ of Rome and the ¡®perverse paganism¡¯ of Carthage, Chesterton shows how Rome became the setting for the Christmas story, which fulfills the natural religiosity of mankind and provides a center for the unified human story. Roman civilization as a chrysalis for Christianity is at the heart of Chesterton¡¯s historical imagination
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23753234.2020.1713015