The Social Gospel for Our Times

The Social Gospel for Our Times

The End of Civility: Christ and Prophetic Division By Ryan Andrew Newson. Baylor University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 248 pages, $54.99. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. In the past few years, there has been a growing number of commentators decrying the lack of civility in...
Humanely Conservative

Humanely Conservative

The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition By Graham James McAleer and Alexander S. Rosenthal-Pubul. University of Notre Dame Press, 2023. Hardcover, 314 pages, $55.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. The controversies in our country’s...
The Paradoxical Ideology

The Paradoxical Ideology

The Ideology of Democratism By Emily B. Finley. Oxford University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $54.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. A new poll by the University of Virginia Center of Politics found that American voters have a mutual mistrust of the other side and...
The Conscience of a Nation

The Conscience of a Nation

The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought By Melvin L. Rogers. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 400 pages, $35.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. African American political thought has seen a resurgence in...
Squeezing Out Virtue and Beauty

Squeezing Out Virtue and Beauty

Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education By Mary C. Wright. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 296 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. The most recent permanent fixtures on college campuses are Centers of Teaching...