The University Bookman

Reviewing Books that Build Culture

Defending the Christian Faith

“In 100 Tough Questions For Catholics: Common Obstacles To Faith Today… David G. Bonagura, Jr. gives bite-sized answers to dozens of big questions about the faith.”

Political Economy Before Adam Smith

“…[the book] is a compilation of various tracts on the intersection of commerce and statecraft—many of which are snapshots of McCulloch’s own free-market beliefs—that serve as a compelling precursor of Smithian political economy.”

Science and Meaning: Parallel Tracks?

“Science is not the sort of activity that can answer the question, ‘Does life have meaning?’ To expect science to answer that question is like expecting your plumber to tell you whether installing fancier bathroom fixtures will make you happier.”

Geopolitics and the Making of the Modern World

“Brands’s book should find a ready audience among those interested in developments in the international scene over the last century. It is particularly effective in dealing with the threat that China’s emerging power and influence pose to the West today…”

Oh Yeah Baby Eat It

by Robert Grant Price | Jun 25, 2023

“Bottum’s voice is confident and idiosyncratic, playful and wise, plainspoken and deliberate, concerned with dramas large and dramas small.”

The Wisdom of Medieval Scholasticism

by David Weinberger | Jun 25, 2023

“The book not only makes a worthy contribution to anyone interested in understanding Medieval philosophy and the thought of Duns Scotus, but to everybody seeking to deepen their appreciation of human existence and its place in ultimate reality.”

Political Theology for Realists

by Zachary Yost | Jun 25, 2023

“…even those who might diverge theologically will find this work to be an extremely useful short primer on the history of Christian political thought.”

Cormac McCarthy Symposium

by Luke C. Sheahan | Jun 18, 2023

An Introduction to a Symposium on Cormac McCarthy

The Duty of the Craftsman: Beauty and Goodness in Cormac McCarthy

by Brent Walter Cline | Jun 18, 2023

“While McCarthy cannot abide optimistic visions of the world, even his most pessimistic moments are checked by beauty and goodness.”

The Law for Man and the Law for Thing: The Political Theory of Cormac McCarthy

by Michael Federici | Jun 18, 2023

“McCarthy’s portrayal of moral responsibility is better understood from the perspective of the early-twentieth-century literary critic Irving Babbitt…”

As Likely to End the World as to Save It: Knowledge and Science in Cormac McCarthy

by Philip D. Bunn | Jun 18, 2023

“Man’s pursuit of knowledge and his use of that knowledge to modify and mar the earth and to harm other men is a fairly constant theme in McCarthy’s oeuvre.”

Learning from the Habsburg Mystique

by David G. Bonagura, Jr. | Jun 11, 2023

“In these evocative tales we see the goal toward which all seven rules are directed: to love, honor, and serve God in this life so that we may be happy forever with Him in the next.”