The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. Plough, 2019. Hardcover, 272 pages, $26. What Was Before: A Novel, by Martin Mosebach. Seagull Books, 2014. Hardcover, 248 pages, $27.50. Reviewed by Trevor C. Merrill This powerful little book...
This Our Exile: Short Stories by Joshua Hren. Angelico Press, 2017. Hardcover, 131 pages, $22. Reviewed by Trevor C. Merrill The twelve stories in this slender but powerful volume bring the everyday and the eternal together in compressed, often dreamlike sequences,...
Oregon Confetti, by Lee Oser. Wiseblood Books, 2017 Paper, 309 pages, $13. Reviewed by Trevor C. Merrill If one were to throw assorted works of G. K. Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, and Thomas Pynchon into a blender and press the button labeled “purée,” the resulting...
Bring Back the Virtues, Medieval Style
@NadyaWilliams81 on "Ask of Old Paths: Medieval Virtues and Vices for a Whole and Holy Life" by Grace Hamman. @ZonderAcademic @Zondervan
Is Religion Becoming Obsolete?
@PhilDavignon on "Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America" by Christian Smith. @OUPAcademic