Can We Trust the Gospels?
Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels By Lydia McGrew. Deward Publishing, 2023. Paperback, 276 pages, $15.99. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Millions of Americans who tuned in to the 2023 Super Bowl were exposed to advertisements for Jesus. The ad...
The Great Books podcast features Luke Sheahan
The Great Books podcast features Luke Sheahan On The Great Books podcast, host John J. Miller was joined by Luke Sheahan, editor of The University Bookman, to discuss Robert Nisbet’s landmark book, The Quest for Community. Sheahan gives a wonderfully lucid...
TFAS Fellows Seek Sources of Conservative Renewal
TFAS Fellows Seek Sources of Conservative Renewal On October 20-23, the Russell Kirk Center welcomed participants from The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) to its first program held at the Kirk Center in Mecosta. An impressive class of their Public Policy Fellows,...
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Participant Writes Article on Visiting the Kirk Center for National Review
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) Participant Writes Article on Visiting the Kirk Center for National Review We hope you enjoy this essay from recent seminar participant, Bobby Miller: Kirk’s life was consumed with the recuperation and preservation of what he...
Interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gathered at the Kirk Center
Interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gathered at the Kirk Center Interns from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy gathered at the Kirk Center on July 8, 2022, for a day-long seminar on “Dimensions of Contemporary Conservatism.” Faculty speakers...
Dr. Luke C. Sheahan appointed the fifth editor of The University Bookman
Dr. Luke C. Sheahan appointed the fifth editor of The University Bookman On November 7, 2021, the Russell Kirk Center’s flagship publication, The University Bookman, lost its longtime editor, Gerald J. Russello, to cancer. Gerald was just 50 yet had been a fixture in...
What Do Students Say about the Center?
What Do Students Say about the Center? April was a busy month of programming at the Kirk Center. Of the four educational programs we held, two were four-day seminars for graduate and undergraduate students, while the other two were shorter programs for students from...
Kirk Center’s Founding Chairman, State Senator Joanne Emmons, Passes Away. She Led the Center for 27 Years.
Kirk Center’s Founding Chairman, State Senator Joanne Emmons, Passes Away. She Led the Center for 27 Years. On March 31, 2022, The Russell Kirk Center lost its founding chairman, Joanne Emmons. Joanne died peacefully at age 88 in her hometown of Big Rapids,...
Hope College Students Consider “The Human Condition”
Hope College Students Consider “The Human Condition” The Tocqueville Forum of Hope College enjoyed a wonderful seminar at the Kirk Center from October 24 to 26 considering “The Human Condition.” Seminar speakers included Kirk Center Senior Fellows Gleaves...
Summer is here and the days are long. Slowing schedules allow time for many of us to sink into the queue of books that have been patiently waiting for us over the busyness of our end of spring schedules.
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Ah, just your typical 663-page light summer beach read for a @ubookman book review. Makes Wealth of Nations look like a Substack essay.