Paradox, Wit & Wonder
The blog of the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture

The Chesterton Review announces the publication of vol. 49, nos. 1 & 2, Spring Summer 2013

The G.K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture at Seton Hall University announces the publication of volume 49, nos. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2023—of its widely recognized journal The Chesterton Review. About the New Issue All directness is divine. If God is hiding, in other words, He is hiding in plain sight. “Thinkers of [a particular] school have a tendency to…

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International Premiere Screening of “Liberi Tutti!” – June 20-27, 2023

The G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture at Seton Hall University and the 2022 Rimini Meeting are pleased to announce that the Online International Premiere Screening of Liberi Tutti!—directed by Otello Cenci and based on G. K. Chesterton’s The Surprise will be presented online from June 20-27, 2023. The video recording of the stage production is in Italian with English subtitles. The presentation…

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2023 Archbishop John J. Myers Lecture Series on Law, Society & Faith Presents Pope Francis and Literature Lecture

The Department of Catholic Studies and the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture proudly present “Bergoglio’s (Reading) List: The Importance of Literature in Pope Francis’ Pastoral and Political Vision.” This event will take place on Wednesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. in the Beck Rooms (ground floor of Walsh Library). Join us for this lecture by our distinguished guest-speaker Father…

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Catholic Life in Literature—Dramatic Reading: Dorothy Sayers’s Cycle of Radio Plays

The Department of Catholic Studies, the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture and the Celtic Theatre Company proudly present a dramatic reading of James P. McGlone’s adaptation of Dorothy Sayers’s cycle of radio plays about the life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Theatre-in-the-Round, Seton Hall…

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A Chestertonian Conversation with Father Ian Boyd (live screening recording)

“A Chestertonian Conversation with Father Ian Boyd” – a 27 minute documentary produced and directed by the G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith & Culture ©2022 at Seton Hall University. The screening of this video presentation  from a 2013 interview with Father Boyd was presented at an online event on December 7, 2022.  Link to view here   

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