The “Art of Being” and “The Art of Becoming”
Some Permanent Things, Second Edition By James Matthew Wilson. Wiseblood Books, 2022. Paperback, 162 pages, $15. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. During an interview a few years back, James Matthew Wilson was asked what he meant by the “good,” a fitting question for...
Whether the Heart Has Its Reasons of Which It Knows Nothing
Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment By Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey. Princeton University Press, 2021. Hardcover, 264 pages, $27.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. My parents’ wish is for me to be happy is a phrase so often quoted to...
This Comes of Settling a Country
Freedom by Sebastian Junger Simon & Schuster, 2021. Hardback, 160 pages, $26. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl An example of freedom is a bird being let out of a cage, or a prisoner being released from prison after serving a certain amount of time, or a woman...
Americanism and the ‘Roman’ Catholic
American Catholic: The Politics of Faith During the Cold War by D. G. Hart. Cornell University Press, 2020. Hardback, 280 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl In 1864, Pope Pius IX issued Syllabus Errorum, outlining heresies opposed to Catholic Church...
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