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.”

C.S. Lewis and Gender Ideology

C.S. Lewis and Gender Ideology

“…[Herring] hopes that his exploration of Lewis’ work will inspire and equip Christian readers to understand and respond to our culture’s gender confusion.”

The Case for the Messiah

The Case for the Messiah

“…Catholic Answers apologist Jimmy Akin… explores the ancient Jewish idea of the Messiah, along with the historical evidence for Christ, arguing that Jesus is indeed the anointed one foretold in the Old Testament.”

Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent

Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent

“Mansfield’s central and most important complaint about Harvard… is that its faculty has failed to design or even to articulate the general education that might characterize the educated man.”

Forming the American Imagination

Forming the American Imagination

“Culture-making and imagination formation—in short, the education of the affections—though movies, music, and literature have been left almost entirely to those who view the inherited Western and American tradition with suspicion, if not outright contempt.”

A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

“His latest book is a collection of essays that reflect the breadth of his interests and the power of his pen. [It] contains delightful ruminations on matters as diverse as his home state of California, his teachers and heroes, domestic culture and politics, foreign affairs, and the miscellaneous diversions that have occupied his lively mind.”

Finding Faith in Fiction

Finding Faith in Fiction

“D’Amico implores us to take time to ‘sink into the wonder’ that our children feel for the big and small details in creation as they see God’s plan unfolding in the world. Parents and caretakers are responsible ‘to invite sacred interpretations of real-life experiences’ by pursuing natural moments of curiosity.”

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.

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