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....
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,...
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