An Evening with Christopher Dawson: Introducing a Historian of Culture
An Evening with Christopher Dawson: Introducing a Historian of Culture Dr. Joseph Stuart, Ph.D.Director of History & Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of Mary Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM ETDate: September 2, 2025Faculty: Dr. Joseph Stuart...
Educating in the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education By Louis Markos. IVP Academic, 2025. Paperback, 240 pages, $30. Reviewed by David Hein. This fine study by Louis Markos, an English professor at Houston Christian University and the author of many books,...
Out of Many, One
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years By Paula Fredriksen. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Our local priest uses the phrase “our separated brethren” when referencing other denominations...
Editors’ Summer Reading
Spring is drawing to a close. Summer is upon us. That means it’s time for summer reading. Luke C. Sheahan, Editor Once final grades are submitted, and I’ve rested, I begin my trek through a summer booklist. At the top is always Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I read it...
Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers
Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers By Andrew E. Busch. University Press of Kansas, 2024. Paperback, 180 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Jason C. Phillips. Rare has been the day since President Trump was sworn in for his second term that Elon...
Reappraising Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn By Christopher Cox. Simon and Schuster, 2024. Hardcover, 640 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. “The light withdrawn . . .” The line is borrowed from John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Ichabod.” Woodrow Wilson as...
Lessons from Sparta
Sparta’s Third Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 413-404 B.C. By Paul A. Rahe. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 640 pages, $41.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In Sparta’s Third Attic War, Paul H. Rahe continues his multi-volume history of...
The Character of the People is the Character of the Regime
Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 B.C. By Paul A. Rahe. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 376 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by David Talcott. “In their haste to identify a formula for politics that would be applicable to all...
Defending the Christian Faith
100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles To Faith Today By David Bonagura Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2025. Paperback, 176 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. “In the day to day trenches of adult life,” writes David Foster Wallace, “there is...
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