Does Junior Know Best?
The Handsome Little Cygnet By Matthew Mehan. TAN Books, 2021. Hardcover, 48 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Esther O’Reilly Once upon a time in the city, there was a handsome little cygnet whose parents loved him very much. So begins Matthew Mehan’s newest illustrated...
Books in Little: A Political Theodicy
The Theology of Liberalism: Political Philosophy and the Justice of God By Eric Nelson. Harvard University Press, 2019. Hardback, 232 pages, $31. Reviewed by Glenn Moots It would be unfair to say that Eric Nelson’s The Theology of Liberalism is incoherent; it is...
Thoughtless Mechanism
Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust By Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis. Pantheon Books, 2019. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29. Reviewed by Nicholas Meverel Some years ago, without fanfare, the phrase “artificial intelligence” began to refer no longer to...
On the Relationship between Psychology and Theology
On Psychology and Theology: The Correspondence of C. G. Jung and Adolf Keller Edited by Marianne Jehle-Wildberger. Princeton University Press, 2020. Hardcover, xviii+305 pages, $35. Psyche and Soul in America: The Spiritual Odyssey of Rollo Mayby Robert H. Abzug....
A Postmodern Prophet?
Myth, Meaning, and Antifragile Individualism: On the Ideas of Jordan Peterson By Marc Champagne. Societas, 2020. Paperback, 200 pages, $29. Reviewed by Nate Hochman It is impossible to understand Jordan Peterson’s incredible popularity without first understanding the...
The Sinai Revolution and American Ordered Liberty
The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom By Os Guinness. InterVarsity Press, 2021. Hardcover, 288 pages, $25. Reviewed by Casey Chalk Conservatives are by default skeptical of revolutions. British statesman Edmund Burke in his...
The Girl of Slender Meanings
Muriel Spark’s Early Fiction: Literary Subversion and Experiments with Form by James Bailey. University of Edinburgh Press, 2021. Hardback, 224 pages, $100. Reviewed by Asher Gelzer-Govatos Reading critical approaches to a favorite author can be an exercise in futile...
Women’s Good News
The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today By Shannon Bream. Broadside Books, 2021. Hardcover, 256 pages, $26. Reviewed by Annmarie McLaughlin It’s not every day that a major news organization promotes a book entirely about...
Town Politics
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity By Charles L. Marohn Jr. Wiley, 2019. Hardcover, 256 pages, $25. Reviewed by Matthew Robare Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity is an amazing achievement by Charles L....
@ubookman The series seeks to advance understanding of the significance of the American founding to our times through fresh, concise presentations. The following piece by @ubookman editor @lsheahan sets the stage: https://buff.ly/Aakgs0W
Throughout the semiquincentennial year celebrating America’s independence, @ubookman will invite a range of writers and speakers to contribute to a series drawing upon Russell Kirk’s work on the American Revolution and the constitutional order it secured.