The Celebrity-Industrial Complex

The Celebrity-Industrial Complex

Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church By Katelyn Beaty. Brazos Press, 2022. Hardcover, 208 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by James E. Hartley.  “The celebrity,” opined Daniel Boorstein, “is a person who is known for his...
The Death and Life of Jane Jacobs’s Hometown

The Death and Life of Jane Jacobs’s Hometown

Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania By Glenna Lang. New Village Press, 2021. Hardcover, 468 Pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Josh Bowman. Places, for better or worse, are a part of who we are and who we become. Along with our faith and families of...
The Destruction of American Social Cohesion

The Destruction of American Social Cohesion

The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free  By Mike Gonzalez.  Encounter Books, 2020. Hardcover, 224 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free is...
Ted McAllister’s Place: A Memorial Tribute

Ted McAllister’s Place: A Memorial Tribute

By Bruce P. Frohnen. Ted V. McAllister died on January 27 after a long, hard-fought battle with cancer. A native Oklahoman, he spent most of his career living in Moorpark (culturally quite distant from Los Angeles) while teaching at the Pepperdine University School of...