Psalms for Heaven, Earth, and Everywhere In Between
Christian Poetry In America Since 1940: An Anthology Edited by Micah Mattix and Sally Thomas. Iron Pen/Paraclete Press, 2022. Paperback, 208 pages, $25. Reviewed by Steven Knepper. Christian Poetry In America Since 1940 begins with a proclamation: “There has been a...
In Defense of Maintenance
The Innovation Delusion: How Our Obsession with the New Has Disrupted the Work that Matters Most By Lee Vinsel and Andrew L. Russell. Currency, 2020. Hardcover, 272 pages, $28. Reviewed by Hans Zeiger. Sam Smith, the former president of Washington State University...
Marginal No More: Willmoore Kendall as Essential Conservative
Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall By Christopher Owen. Lexington Books, 2021. Hardcover, 256 pages, $105. Reviewed by Jason Ross. As the conservative movement is crumbling, many outside of that movement’s mainstream are tracing their way back to...
In Defense of Divine Justice
Is God a Vindictive Bully? Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments By Paul Copan. Baker Academic, 2022. Paperback, 320 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Annmarie McLaughlin. Recently, while I was reading Paul Copan’s Is God a Vindictive Bully? and...
Sowing Seeds in Useless Fields
The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students And What to Do About It by John Agresto. Encounter Books, 2022. Paperback, 272 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. Successful interventions begin by telling the truth. The intervenor...
Comics and Kids: A Review of Freiheit!
Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel By Andrea Grosso Ciponte. Plough Publishing, 2021. Hardcover, 112 pages, $24. Reviewed by Jeffrey and Ezra Wald. Comics are the bane of my parental existence. That is probably too strong of a sentiment, and yet at times I feel...
Christopher Dawson and Cultural Crisis
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 Tom Villis. The University Bookman is proud to offer this three-review symposium on Joseph T....
Christopher Dawson on the Causes of Culture
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 Christopher S. Morrissey. The University Bookman is proud to offer this three-review symposium on...
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....
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!