Man’s Exposed Condition in a World of Severe Conflict
Poet in the New World: Poems, 1946-1953 Czeslaw Milosz. Ecco, 2025. Hardcover, 160 pages, $28. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. When Czeslaw Milosz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980, he was introduced as a writer “who with uncompromising clearsightedness voices...
Out of Many, One
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years By Paula Fredriksen. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Our local priest uses the phrase “our separated brethren” when referencing other denominations...
Sister Mariella Gable: Pioneer and Prophet
A Theology of Fiction By Cassandra Nelson. Wiseblood Books, 2025. Paperback, 116 pages, $10. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. A bit north and then west of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, one can stumble across an unincorporated community called...
Lincoln and the Democratic Cause
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment By Allen C. Guelzo. Knopf, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $30. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. On the southern border of my college’s campus is a statue of a Union soldier. It’s the oldest such monument...
A Man for All Seasons
@BradleyCSWatson (@HillsdaleInDC) on "Dispatches from the Late Republic: The Culture, Politics, and Prophets of American Greatness, Decline, and Rebirth" by Michael Anton. @EncounterBooks