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LibriVox recording of "The New Jerusalem" by G. K. Chesterton, read by Ray Clare

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"On the road to Cairo one may see twenty groups exactly like that of the Holy Family in the pictures of the Flight into Egypt; with only one difference. The man is riding on the ass."

"The real mistake of the Muslims is something much more modern in its application than any particular passing persecution of Christians as such. It lay in the very fact that they did think they had a simpler and saner sort of Christianity, as do many modern Christians. They thought it could be made universal merely by being made uninteresting. Now a man preaching what he thinks is a platitude is far more intolerant than a man preaching what he admits is a paradox. It was exactly because it seemed self-evident, to Muslims as to Bolshevists, that their simple creed was suited to everybody, that they wished in that particular sweeping fashion to impose it on everybody." (Summary from Wikipedia)

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Artist/Composer: G. K. Chesterton
Date: 2008-06-23
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; essays; Jerusalem; Palestine; Chesterton


Creative Commons license: Public Domain

1   Preface                                 4:28
2   Ch 01: The Way of the Cities           36:45
3   Ch 02: The Way of the Desert           45:27
4   Ch 03: The Gates of the City           41:13
5   Ch 04: The Philosophy of Sight-Seeing  35:34
6   Ch 05: The Streets of the City         49:43
7   Ch 06: The Groups of the City          44:00
8   Ch 07: The Shadow of the Problem       34:31
9   Ch 08: The Other Side of the Desert    45:18
10  Ch 09: The Battle with the Dragon      46:04
11  Ch 10: The Endless Empire              43:36
12  Ch 11: The Meaning of the Crusade      52:36
13  Ch 12: The Fall of Chivalry            51:27
14  Ch 13: The Problem of Zionism        1:12:09
15  Ch 14: Conclusion                       5:47