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Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Rising with the Saints
“…the Church will come alive again when we become committed to being radical in the ordinary things: prayer, devotion, sacrifice, charity, and the study of the truth.”
An Old Man, Wrapped in a Robe
“If there is a discernible thread running through this collection, it is ‘faith is not an idea, but a life.’”
James Matthew Wilson Reflects on His “Upper Room Period”
“If you read Wilson’s poetry, it’s almost immediately apparent that he’s committed to the poetic form—in every sense of the word.”
Thinking as a Human Being
“…the world we are involved in is cognitively sorted by us according to the purposes and concerns of our form of life, which is in turn… shaped by the structures, traditions and worldviews in which we bodily participate. This poses a major challenge for AI…”
JP O’Malley Interviews Author Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma published The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II early last year. The University Bookman contributor JP O’Malley caught up with Mr. Buruma to discuss his latest book.
Pride in Our Founders – Through Geography and Maps
“[The book] conveys strong reasons to admire the founders: they trained and emerged in a relatively meritocratic political system, and understood demography, economic policy, and strategy…”
Imprisoned by the Internet
“…James’s volume is an accessible invitation to consider the possibility that the internet as such—wholly apart from any particular content—is forming people in essentially malign ways.”
An Unsettling Sense of Justice
“…Mendenhall composes a compelling story highlighting the gray gaps where the law has not the acuity to locate justice…”
JP O’Malley Interviews Author Thomas Harding
“The numerous books that George Weidenfeld helped publish ‘transformed western culture and have stood the test of time…'”
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Russell Kirk On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776
Our critic’s pick: “On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776,” by Russell Kirk (Creed & Culture). @C_and_C_Books @JamesPanero
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