Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original collection of essays, providing an invaluable contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one.Chapters01 Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy02 On the Negative Spirit03 On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small04 Mr. Bernard Shaw05 Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants06 Christmas and the Esthetes07 Omar and the Sacred Vine08 The Mildness of the Yellow Press09 The Moods of Mr. George Moore10 On Sandals and Simplicity11 Science and the Savages12 Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson13 Celts and Celtophiles14 On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family15 On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set16 On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity17 On the Wit of Whistler18 The Fallacy of the Young Nation19 Slum Novelists and the Slums20 Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy