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Dale Ahlquist (born June 14, 1958 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is an author, public speaker, Evangelical convert to Catholicism, and Catholic apologist. He has written, edited, or contributed to more than fifteen books on G. K. Chesterton, including ''The Apostle of Common Sense'', ''Common Sense 101: Lessons from G. K. Chesterton'', ''The Complete Thinker'', and ''In Defense of Sanity''. Ahlquist is the president and co-founder of the American Chesterton Society and the publisher of its magazine, ''Gilbert''. He is the creator and host of the television series, ''The Apostle of Common Sense'', on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). He is also the co-founder of Chesterton Academy, a Minneapolis-based high school rated one of the top 50 Catholic schools in the United States. Ahlquist is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, presenting engaging talks on Chesterton’s wit and wisdom, his impressive and prophetic insight, and his role in the New Evangelization. He has given over 400 lectures at major colleges and universities and other venues, including Yale, Columbia, Cornell, Notre Dame, Oxford, Cal-Berkeley, CalTech, Rice, Penn, Dartmouth, San Pablo (Madrid), the Vatican Forum in Rome, and the House of Lords in London. In 2012, he was named a Senior Fellow of the Chesterton Library at Oxford University. ==Background and education== One of six children, Ahlquist grew up in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Paul. He graduated from Henry Sibley High School, where his father, Albert, was a biology teacher. Ahlquist received a B.A. from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota,〔Carleton College, (Dale Ahlquist '80 interviewed ) in ''Star Tribune''〕 and M.A. from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His sister Pamela was formerly married to Jesus Rock singer Larry Norman. His brother David is a leading physician at the Mayo Clinic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dale Ahlquist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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