{"id":38350,"date":"2018-11-28T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/?post_type=product&p=38350"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:59:57","slug":"my-name-is-lazarus","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/","title":{"rendered":"My Name is Lazarus"},"content":{"rendered":"

34 stories of converts whose path to Rome was paved by G.K. Chesterton. Edited with an introduction by Dale Ahlquist.<\/p>\n

Jewish converts, Muslim converts, former atheists, agnostics, and Protestants of all stripes. Drawn to Chesterton for utterly different reasons. All arriving at the same destination.<\/p>\n

A book of curiosity and confrontation and consolation.<\/p>\n

Contributors include Bishop James Conley, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Peter Kreeft, Joseph Pearce, Leah Libresco, Kevin O’Brien, Brandon Vogt, Emma Fox Wilson, Carl Olson, Victoria Darkey, Matt Swaim, David Fagerberg\u00a0and others. An utterly engaging collection of conversion stories. Includes a fascinating \u201cnew” account of Chesterton’s own conversion\u00a0in his own words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

34 stories of converts whose path to Rome was paved by G.K. Chesterton. Edited with an introduction by Dale Ahlquist. Jewish converts, Muslim converts, former atheists, agnostics, and Protestants of all stripes. Drawn to Chesterton for utterly different reasons. All arriving at the same destination. A book of curiosity and confrontation and consolation. Contributors include […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1487,55,1839,57],"product_tag":[1529,1055,1781,1481,1521,1491,1719],"class_list":{"0":"post-38350","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-acs-books","7":"product_cat-books","8":"product_cat-member-discount","9":"product_cat-new-releases","10":"product_tag-catholicism","11":"product_tag-chesterton-and-conversion","12":"product_tag-conversion","13":"product_tag-dale-ahlquist","14":"product_tag-g-k-chesterton","15":"product_tag-joseph-pearce","16":"product_tag-kevin-obrien","17":"product_shipping_class-media-mail","18":"pa_binding-paperback","19":"pa_editor-dale-ahlquist","20":"pa_pages-181","21":"pa_published-date-1764","22":"member-discount","23":"discount-restricted","24":"desktop-align-center","25":"tablet-align-center","26":"mobile-align-center","27":"ast-product-gallery-layout-horizontal-slider","28":"ast-product-gallery-with-no-image","29":"ast-product-tabs-layout-horizontal","31":"first","32":"instock","33":"taxable","34":"shipping-taxable","35":"purchasable","36":"product-type-simple"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":226,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\nMy Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"34 stories of converts whose path to Rome was paved by G.K. Chesterton. Edited with an introduction by Dale Ahlquist. Jewish converts, Muslim converts, former atheists, agnostics, and Protestants of all stripes. Drawn to Chesterton for utterly different reasons. All arriving at the same destination. A book of curiosity and confrontation and consolation. Contributors include […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanChestertonSociety\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T16:59:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/\",\"name\":\"My Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-28T19:32:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-11T16:59:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/11\\\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/my-name-is-lazarus\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Store\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"My Name is Lazarus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/\",\"name\":\"Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton\",\"description\":\"Apostolate of Common Sense\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Chesterton Society\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/cropped-Chesterton_Seal_Navy-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/cropped-Chesterton_Seal_Navy-1.png\",\"width\":\"1181\",\"height\":\"1174\",\"caption\":\"American Chesterton Society\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chesterton.org\\\/store\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanChestertonSociety\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AmChestertonSoc\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"My Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"My Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton","og_description":"34 stories of converts whose path to Rome was paved by G.K. Chesterton. Edited with an introduction by Dale Ahlquist. Jewish converts, Muslim converts, former atheists, agnostics, and Protestants of all stripes. Drawn to Chesterton for utterly different reasons. All arriving at the same destination. A book of curiosity and confrontation and consolation. Contributors include […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/","og_site_name":"Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanChestertonSociety\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-11T16:59:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/","name":"My Name is Lazarus - Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png","datePublished":"2018-11-28T19:32:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-11T16:59:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ACS_MYNAMEISLAZARUS.png","width":600,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/product\/my-name-is-lazarus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Store","item":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"My Name is Lazarus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/","name":"Store | Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton","description":"Apostolate of Common Sense","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#organization","name":"American Chesterton Society","url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-Chesterton_Seal_Navy-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-Chesterton_Seal_Navy-1.png","width":"1181","height":"1174","caption":"American Chesterton Society"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanChestertonSociety\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AmChestertonSoc"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/38350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=38350"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=38350"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chesterton.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=38350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}