Heretics is a collection of 20 essays by G. K. Chesterton. The topics G. K. Chesterton touches upon range from cosmology to anthropology to soteriology and he argues against French nihilism, German humanism, English utilitarianism, the syncretism of "the vague modern", Social Darwinism, eugenics and the arrogance and misanthropy of the European intelligentsia. Together with Orthodoxy, this book is regarded as central to his corpus of moral theology. Chapters Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy On the Negative Spirit On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small Mr. Bernard Shaw Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants Christmas and the Esthetes Omar and the Sacred Vine The Mildness of the Yellow Press The Moods of Mr. George Moore On Sandals and Simplicity Science and the Savages Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson Celts and Celtophiles On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity On the Wit of Whistler The Fallacy of the Young Nation Slum Novelists and the Slums Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
This book is part of the Short Story Collections series and is book #1 in the series.