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Orthodoxy by Chesterton and Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis is on my reading list (as a non-believer). It's hard to overlook Chesterton's racist views which he
by sn41 3y ago
Orthodoxy by Chesterton and Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis is on my reading list (as a non-believer). It's hard to overlook Chesterton's racist views which he displays unconsciously in his Father Brown stories, against Indians, for instance. C. S. Lewis, as far as I know, was more tolerant.
But I'll still give it a shot.
- ChainOfFools 3y agoAs tolerant as Lewis was, he couldn't avoid revealing some of his early biases through his descriptions of brown girls as objects of temptation in The Pilgrim's Regress.