The Cultured Mind of Christopher Dawson
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War By Joseph T. Stuart. Catholic University of America Press, 2022. Paperback, 448 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Dermot Quinn. The University Bookman is proud to offer this three-review symposium on Joseph T....
Theologian of the Heart
On the passing of Pope Benedict XVI, we rerun this review essay by The Bookman’s Religion Editor David Bonagura, originally published on October 20, 2008. The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger, Second Edition by...
Take and Read, Lest You Forget: The Enduring Value of Old Books
In honor of Gerald J. Russello. By John Emmet Clarke. Editor’s Note: In celebration of Christmas, The University Bookman presents to you the keynote address delivered by John Emmet Clarke on November 14, 2022, at an event in honor of former Bookman editor Gerald...
More Than a Commercial Republic
The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World By Samuel Gregg. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 336 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here. Samuel...
The Moral and Cultural Basis of the Free Market
The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World By Samuel Gregg. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 336 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Paul D. Mueller. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here. I am...
The Circumnavigation of Eliot
The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot: The Critical Edition ‘ 8-Volume Set Edited by Ronald Schuchard et al. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. Hardcover, 7,148 pages, $700. Reviewed by Ben Lockerd. Acompany of scholars, led by Professor Ronald Schuchard,...
The Waste Land at 100
By James Matthew Wilson One hundred years ago this past October, T.S. Eliot published his monumental poem, The Waste Land, in the pages of his journal, The Criterion. December 15th will mark the centenary of the poem’s first publication in book form with accompanying...
The American Technological Advantage
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II By Paul Kennedy. Yale University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 544 Pages, $37.50. Reviewed by Casey Chalk. On the eve of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939, any observer would have...
An Antidote to Today’s Malaise
A Time for Wisdom: Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence By Paul T. McLaughlin and Mark R. McMinn. Templeton Press, 2022. Hardcover, 268 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat. It is one of the great paradoxes of modernity that the more society advances...
Timely, for sure. Hope @realdonaldtrump is reading.