The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Watch James Panero of the New Criterion discuss “The Urbanity of Russell Kirk” at the 2025 Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture.
Where Conservatives Converse
“It has been nearly sixty years since the founding of the Philadelphia… and its growth and development over the years as an intellectual home for all conservatives who accepted the premise of ordered liberty, is a testimony to the founders and those who have long carried on the legacy of the Society and its principles.”
Whether the Heart Has Its Reasons of Which It Knows Nothing
Daniel James Sundahl reviews Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment
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On the Need for Property and Virtue
“The decentralized constitutional republic created in the late eighteenth century has evolved into a centralized oligarchy that is at a critical turning point.”
Talking Race: Community Over Conflict
All One in Christ surveys and compares Catholic Church documents with literature on Critical Race Theory (CRT) as they address racism.
Sexuality and Gender: Returning to the Sources
Once in a very long while one finds a volume that checks four boxes: It is a joy to read; academically fair and well-informed; timely enough to be essential reading in a current debate; and not so thick that it can double as a doorstop. Brian Patrick Mitchell’s book on Christian sexuality and gender is such a rarity. One is tempted to add that in the current cultural climate, with so much errant nonsense being written about sexuality and gender, that his book should be required reading for any wanting to opine on the topic.
Unlikely Centers of Cultural Change
For a time, then, coffeehouses exercised a crucial but (today) largely unremarked influence upon the fashioning of Anglo-American civilization. Mr. Reynolds’s fine book seeks to remedy that deficiency.
Higher Law and Public Order: Martin Luther King Jr. and Charles Frankel on Civil Disobedience
When, if ever, should one disobey a law? How should one pursue change in the case of social or legal injustice? Our discourse does not adequately address these questions.
Found in Translation: Capturing the Sublime with Ryan Wilson
Through practice rather than theory, Wilson is recovering a lost way of understanding the charm and power of an anthology, beyond the textbook and vanity projects that have predominated the market over the last century.
The Mysterious Being in the Ring
“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, but what is the point of him? He is one of the most enigmatic characters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and perhaps also the most polarizing.”
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.
