Russello Classic: The Age of Addiction

Russello Classic: The Age of Addiction

Packaged Pleasures. How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire by Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor. University of Chicago Press, 2014. Hardcover, 336 pages, $38. Reviewed by Gerald J. Russello. This review by Gerald Russello, former editor of The University...
The Fourth Awokening and Its Discontents

The Fourth Awokening and Its Discontents

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite By Musa al-Gharbi. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. I would like to alert University Bookman readers to an excellent and important book that has...
Dissonance and Faith

Dissonance and Faith

Seven Challenges that Shaped the New Testament: Understanding the Inherent Tensions of Early Christian Faith  By F. Scott Spencer. Baker Academic, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Ryan Patrick Budd. I wish someone else had written this book. I don’t say...
Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church By Stephen O. Presley. Eerdmans, 2024. Paperback, 230 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Winston Hottman. What should be done about the decline of Christianity in the West? While some proposed solutions have...