Navigating the “In Between” of Belief
Godsends: From Default Atheism to the Surprise of Revelation By William Desmond. University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Hardcover, 326 pages, $65.00. Reviewed by Rev. Joseph Scolaro. Metaxu is likely not a word in the lexicon of many seasoned philosophers, let alone in...
Richard Weaver Explained Our Cultural Predicament Over 70 Years Ago
By Francis P. Sempa. In his 1948 masterpiece Ideas Have Consequences, Richard Weaver assessed the cultural decline afflicting the West caused by the elite abandonment of the Judeo-Christian heritage. In the book’s introduction, Weaver wrote that his book was about...
The Traditions That Gave Us Homer
Hearing Homer’s Song: The Brief Life and Big Idea of Milman Parry By Robert Kanigel. Knopf, 2021. Hardcover, 336 pages, $28.95. Reviewed by J. L. Wall. It can be difficult to escape the image of Homer as blind bard and near-inventor of human literature. Just glance at...
Whose Truth? Whose Power?
Slave State: Rereading Orwell’s 1984 by David Lowenthal. St. Augustine’s Press, 2021. Paperback, 100 pages, $14. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. It is impossible to mention George Orwell’s name, let alone write about him (i.e., such and such is “Orwellian”), without...
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