Writing and the Moral Imagination Workshop

Writing and the Moral Imagination Workshop

Writing and the Moral Imagination Workshop This July, the Kirk Center held its first conference focused on “Writing and the Moral Imagination” for a select group of young professionals. The program brings together two themes central to the life and work of...
A Revived Cultural Christianity?

A Revived Cultural Christianity?

The Case for Christian Nationalism By Stephen Wolfe. Canon Press, 2022. Paperback, 488 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Wesley Reynolds. Stephen Wolfe’s bold new book The Case for Christian Nationalism sets out to renew the cultural underpinnings of nation and Christian...
Reclaiming Our Cities

Reclaiming Our Cities

Market Urbanism: A Vision for Free-Market Cities By Scott Beyer. Market Urbanism Report, 2022. Paperback, 194 pages, $30  Reviewed by Matthew M. Robare. American cities are sometimes thought of as the domain of liberals and progressives. Most invariably elect...
The Perennial Relevance of Edmund Burke

The Perennial Relevance of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789–1797 Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Dominic Pino. CL Press, 2022. Paperback, 172 pages, $9. Reviewed by André Gushurst-Moore. Single-volume selections from Burke’s writings frequently subsist on some scheme, relating both to...
The Perennial Relevance of Edmund Burke

The Inadequacy of Burke in Part

Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789–1797 Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Dominic Pino. CL Press, 2022. Paperback, 172 pages, $9. Reviewed by William F. Byrne. Edmund Burke has always been recognized as an important thinker, and—at least by some, and in some...
Morality in Adam Smith

Morality in Adam Smith

Smithian Morals  By Daniel B. Klein.  CL Press, 2023. Paperback, 248 pages, $12. Reviewed by Gregory M. Collins. Like blades of grass shooting up in an already verdant countryside estate, the introduction of new scholarship on Adam Smith faces the daunting task of...
Non-Western Conservatism

Non-Western Conservatism

Russian Conservatism By Paul Robinson. Northern Illinois University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 300 pages, $41.95. Reviewed by Matthew Slaboch. On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces under the order of President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine,...
The Personal Foundation of Reality

The Personal Foundation of Reality

Who Are You, Really?: A Philosopher’s Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Persons By Joshua Rasmussen. IVP Academic, 2023. Paperback, 300 pages, $30.   Reviewed by David Weinberger. “By my analysis, then, I am led to this vision of reality: the primary nature...