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Reviewing Books that Build Culture
The Lost Art of Memento Mori
“To acknowledge and respect the end to which we are destined, to meditate and learn to bear the thought of it—this is one of the ancient disciplines which we have, beyond all argument, let fall into oblivion, and which we must, past all denial, dedicate ourselves to recovering.”
Fundamentally Religious and Catholic
“…a comprehensive portrait of Tolkien’s religious life and thought has been lacking. Holly Ordway supplies that needed ‘spiritual biography’ decisively. Through exhaustive research and insightful analysis, she recounts Tolkien’s lifelong, tested, textured engagement with Roman Catholicism, and thereby establishes how fundamental it was to his identity as a person and a writer.”
A Contemporary Literary Work of the Moral Imagination
“Readers of this volume will find all ten stories insightful and carefully crafted, and they are worthy of the authors who inspired Schock’s abiding love of speculative fiction.”
Must the University Be Political?
“Should academic departments and scholarly societies issue position statements on current political matters? The practice is increasingly common today, but it still sparks debate…
This current debate has roots in the late 1960s, as Ellen Schrecker shows in her sprawling book…”
What Do Fungi Have to Do with Athens?
“[Sheldrake] hasn’t produced a polemic against the ideal of the self-sufficient liberal political subject, or even a policy brief in favor of honoring our interdependence with the natural world. Instead he just invites readers to consider whether, perhaps, they are lichen.”
Perspicuity at the Bar of History
“In what is undoubtedly the most comprehensive treatment of the topic to date, Chalk’s book meticulously breaks down the history and philosophy behind perspicuity, arguing that the doctrine has ultimately failed to achieve both spiritual truth and Christian unity.”
The Classically Educated Mind of W. E. B Du Bois
“A study of [Du Bois’s] classicism and cosmopolitanism is necessary and cannot be laden with popular agendas, especially since Du Bois himself sought reconciliation between seemingly opposing worlds.”
Cormac McCarthy’s Historical Literary Influences
“…this book is an essential companion for anyone interested in a deeper scholarly and thematic treatment of McCarthy and his works.”
Two Cities: The Public and the Private
“The era of superlatives, the French Revolution, was the time when real people, tired of their private sufferings, abandoned their real names to become citoyens… Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, and other pompous terms, took the place of the real, little, and unwordable affections, turning friends into foes, in the name of an unreal solidarity.”
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