The University Bookman

Reviewing Books that Build Culture

What the American Revolution Secured: Order, Justice, and Freedom

Throughout the semiquincentennial year celebrating America’s independence, The University Bookman 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.

Ideas Matter Now More Than Ever

“…Hörcher and Pitt convey theory by packaging it within the particularity of British politics that has been informed by intellectual conservatism.”

America’s Treasured Declaration

“It serves us with a reminder that the Declaration is America’s most sacred relic, a symbol of our founding principles, and a text that continues to play a quintessential part in American culture. The Declaration of Independence binds us together and makes us one nation.”

Beyond the Tithe: Unearthing Two Millennia of Christian Political Economy

“Themes of wealth, poverty, and greed pervade early Christian writing about markets. So, too, do concerns about justice in price, profit, and lending at interest.”

Narrating the Future

Narrating the Future

Carl Lawrence Paulus reviews a history of the national grand narratives during a period of great change, the years leading up to the Civil War.

Two Tolkiens on View

Two Tolkiens on View

Alexi Sargeant reviews the exhibit Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth, now at the Morgan Library in New York through May.

Why Make Men Pigs

Why Make Men Pigs

Colleen Curran reviews Madeline Miller’s move from myth to novel as she works with a character from the Odyssey.

The Book Gallery

A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition. Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the video to see more episodes in this series or check out our YouTube page.

America’s Treasured Declaration
Matt Riffe on "National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America" by Michael Auslin.
@SimonBooks @JackMillerCtr

Ideas Matter Now More Than Ever
@shawn_whatley on "Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton," edited by @HorcherF and @DanJTPitt
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