{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Chesterton on Almsgiving, Art, and American Idiom","description":"            In this episode, Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski walk through three newly unearthed Chesterton essays from the latest issue of Gilbert Magazine\u2014exploring almsgiving, portraiture, and a delightful transatlantic linguistic puzzle\u2014and invite you to discover why the magazine is one of the best-kept secrets in Chesterton studies.  In This Episode:  Why Chesterton's &quot;promiscuous charity&quot; upends our instinct to vet the needy before giving\u2014and what that reveals about the giver's own soul The overlooked personal dimension of almsgiving versus institutional philanthropy, and how Chesterton draws on virtue ethics to expose the difference A debate as old as the daguerreotype: does a photograph capture truth, or does a painted portrait go deeper\u2014and what does Chesterton mean when he says truth is a &quot;moral state&quot;? Chesterton's fondness for paradox applied to art, literature, and the limits of realism How a single American phrase, &quot;rare steak,&quot; sent Chesterton on a linguistic rabbit trail through Irish immigration and transatlantic idiom in 1934   Chapters:  00:00: Introduction 00:24: Welcome &amp;amp; the Gilbert Read-Along Format 02:12: The Significance of Almsgiving 04:07: &quot;On Giving Money to Beggars&quot;\u2014Chesterton's Humor and Opening 10:03: Prudence, Charity, and Getting the Monkey Off Your Back 14:40: Personal Giving vs. Institutional Philanthropy 20:49: Transitioning to &quot;Portraits&quot; 22:00: Photography vs. Portrait Painting in 1901 26:29: Truth in Art and Chesterton's Paradox 36:28: &quot;A Query for Philologists&quot;\u2014Why Americans Call It &quot;Rare&quot;   Resources Mentioned:  Gilbert Magazine  What I Saw in America by G.K. Chesterton   FOLLOW US  Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chestertonsociety Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanChestertonSociety X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/chestertonsoc   SUPPORT  Consider making a donation: https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/give\/ Visit our Shop: https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/shop\/   Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios            ","author_name":"Uncommon Sense","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/23918\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40862925\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201007845"}