Evidence for Christ: How We Know That Jesus is the Messiah By Jimmy Akin. Catholic Answers Press, 2026. Paperback, 183 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Christianity proclaims Jesus the messiah, but many Christians have a hard time explaining...
Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary That Fell on Deaf Ears By Harvey C. Mansfield. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 152 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Adam Kissel. Like Harvey “C-minus” Mansfield, I attended a college in the Boston area. Mansfield...
Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story Edited By Wilfred McClay and Stuart Halpern. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. When approaching the American Founding, it’s typical...
Luke C. Sheahan, Editor Ah, summer. The sun is for shining as books are for reading. The new imprint Creed & Culture yields two of my summer titles: Patrick Deneen’s American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about Our Divided Souls and Michael Lucchese’s...
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 By Gordon S. Wood. UNC Press, 1969/1998. Paperback, 680 pages, $45.95. The Rising Glory of America, 1760-1820 Edited by Gordon S. Wood. Northeastern University Press, 1971/1990. Hardcover, 352 pages, $44.42. The...
The American Book of Fables By Matthew Mehan. Sophia Institute Press, 2026. Hardcover, 396 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Shaun Rieley. “If a man were permitted to make all the ballads,” wrote eighteenth-century Scottish political theorist Andrew Fletcher, “he need not...
Dispatches from the Late Republic: The Culture, Politics, and Prophets of American Greatness, Decline, and Rebirth By Michael Anton. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 408 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Bradley C. S. Watson. Michael Anton burst onto the national political...
Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children’s Literature By LuElla D’Amico. Cascade Books, 2025. Paperback, 162 pages, $23. Reviewed by Christine Norvell. A Presbyterian minister told me that many of the young parents in her inner city church...
The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination By Ben Reinhard. Emmaus Road Publishing, 2025. Hardcover, 184 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Benjamin J. Volpe. “My living room bookcase has an entire shelf filled with Tolkien’s works and works commenting on Tolkien’s...
More Than a Matter of Taste: The Moral Imagination and the Spirit of Literature By Joshua Hren. Word on Fire Luminor, 2026. Paperback, 392 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. The year after Euripides died (406 BC), Athenian theater-goers who flocked to see...
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