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Ball and the Cross

Entity ID:

ball-and-the-cross

Long Name:

Ball and the Cross

Short Name:

Ball and the Cross

Disambiguation String:

A novel of world views

Entity Type:

work

Entity Subtype:

article

Summary:

The Ball and the Cross is a novel by G. K. Chesterton. The title refers to a more worldly and rationalist worldview, represented by a ball or sphere, and the cross representing Christianity. The first chapters of the book were serialized from 1905 to 1906[1] with the completed work published in 1909. The novel's beginning involves debates about rationalism and religion between a Professor Lucifer and a monk named Michael. A part of this section was quoted in Pope John Paul I's Illustrissimi letter to G. K. Chesterton.[2] Much of the rest of the book concerns the dueling, figurative and somewhat more literal, of a Jacobite Catholic named Maclan and an atheist Socialist named Turnbull.[3] Lynette Hunter has argued that the novel is more sympathetic to Maclan, but does indicate Maclan is also presented as in some ways too extreme.[4] Turnbull, as well, is presented in a sympathetic light: both duelists are ready to fight for and die for their antagonistic opinions and, in doing so, develop a certain partnership that evolves into a friendship. The real antagonist is the world outside, which desperately tries to prevent from happening a duel over "mere religion" (a subject both duelists judge of utmost importance). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ball_and_the_Cross

Viaf ID:

1234145424668486

DB Pedia ID:

The_Ball_and_the_Cross

Is An Individual:

No

Is Published:

Yes

Original Language:

eng

LCCN:

PZ3.C4265 B PR4453.C

CCEL URL:

//ccel.org/ccel/chesterton/ball_cross.html

LC Subjects:

All;