Proverbs, Virtues, and Callings

Proverbs, Virtues, and Callings

Commentary on Proverbs By Philip Melanchthon. Translated and edited by Derek Cooper and Timothy J. Wengert. CLP Academic, 2023. Hardcover, 282 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Manfred Svensson. Who has the most ancient wisdom? Are Christians plundering “the gold of the...
Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Letters From the Voyages of St. Frances Cabrini By St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Edited by Michael A. LaMorte. Catholic Treehouse, 2024. Paperback, 380 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given...
The Fessio Phenomenon

The Fessio Phenomenon

Father Joseph Fessio, S.J.: California Blackrobe  By Cornelius Michael Buckley. S.J. Ignatius Press, 2024. Hardcover, 379 pages, $27.95. Reviewed by Lee Oser. “Fessio.” The name has become a test. The first card the reviewer lays on the table will evoke a smile or a...
The Perennial Edmund Burke

The Perennial Edmund Burke

The Perennial Edmund Burke Dr. Ian Crowe, Ph.D.Director of the Edmund Burke Society of AmericaAssociate Professor at Belmont Abbey College Dr. Gregory Collins, Ph.D.Lecturer in the Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics and Department of Political Science at Yale...
Transmitting Western Civilization Through Education

Transmitting Western Civilization Through Education

On Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage By Tracy Lee Simmons. Memoria College Press, 2023. Paperback, 281 pages, $15.45. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. “What is civilization?”  When confronted with what appears to be civilizational disintegration, many...