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The New Jerusalem

G. K. Chesterton

The book captures the author’s impressions of his journey to Jerusalem, touching upon historical, cultural, and religious themes while exploring the complexities of Western civilization in contrast to its Eastern counterpart.

"The New Jerusalem" by G. K. Chesterton is a reflective travelogue. The book captures the author’s impressions of his journey to Jerusalem, touching upon historical, cultural, and religious themes while exploring the complexities of Western civilization in contrast to its Eastern counterpart.

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It was in the season of Christmas that I came out of my little garden in that "field of the beeches" between the Chilterns and the Thames, and began to walk backwards through history to the place from which Christmas came. For it is often necessary to walk backwards, as a man on the wrong road goes back to a sign-post to find the right road. The modern man is more like a traveller who has forgotten the name of his destination, and has to go back whence he came, even to find out where he is going. That the world has lost its way few will now deny; and it did seem to me that I found at last a sort of sign-post, of a singular and significant shape, and saw for a moment in my mind the true map of the modern wanderings; but whether I shall be able to say anything of what I saw, this story must show.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I. — the Way of the Cities
  2. 02Chapter II. — the Way of the Desert
  3. 03Chapter III. — the Gates of the City
  4. 04Chapter IV. — the Philosophy of Sight-Seeing
  5. 05Chapter V. — the Streets of the City
  6. 06Chapter VI. — the Groups of the City
  7. 07Chapter VII. — the Shadow of the Problem
  8. 08Chapter VIII. — the Other Side of the Desert
  9. 09Chapter IX. — the Battle with the Dragon
  10. 10Chapter X. — the Endless Empire
  11. 11Chapter XI. — the Meaning of the Crusade
  12. 12Chapter XII. — the Fall of Chivalry
  13. 13Chapter XIII. — the Problem of Zionism
  14. 14Conclusion

About this edition

Author
G. K. Chesterton
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Advanced: for close, demanding reading
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
226 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers