Jousting with the devil : Chesterton's battle with the father of lies

In this follow-up to his earlier book, The Tumbler of God: Chesterton as Mystic, Fr. Robert Wild explores G.K. Chesterton’s fascinating duel with Satan, both on paper and in his personal life. Poring over Chesterton’s voluminous work, Fr. Wild examines how Chesterton’s insights on evil extend beyond the philosopher’s “problem of evil,” proving Chesterton’s personal belief as well as confrontation with Lucifer and his demons. Jousting with the Devil is as compelling as it is groundbreaking. Chesterton and evil Chesterton puts on his armor The encounter The holy war and the ball and the cross The fearful and hateful antichrist of Benson and Soloviov George MacDonald, evil and the devil.