The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
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Kirktober 2025: James Panero and Adam Simon on the Haunted House
October 28, 2025
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6:00 PM, you are invited to join University Bookman editor Luke Sheahan, Hollywood screenwriter Adam Simon, and New Criterion executive editor James Panero, as they explore the theme of the haunted house in gothic literature and its relationship to conservative thought and imagination.
Register for this free webinar here.
Tales of Science and Fiction
Thomas F. Bertonneau welcomes Alec Nevala-Lee’s group biography of leading figures in the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Reasonable Faith, Faithful Reasonableness
Jason Jewell reviews Samuel Gregg’s assessment of the place of reason and faith in making—and maintaining—Western Civilization.
The Great and Tolerable Empire
James Baresel reviews Jeremy Black’s new history—and defense—of the British Empire.
Scalia’s Applied Faith
Jeffrey Folks welcomes a collection of Antonin Scalia’s writings on faith.
Ancestry, Time, and the Intimacy of Being
Pedro Blas González reflects on the postmodern assaults on the forces that connect us to our past and enable us to make sense of our present and future.
The Education of Clarence Thomas
Peter Wood welcomes Myron Magnet’s account of the formation of the thinking of Justice Clarence Thomas.
Tertullian and the Rise of Religious Freedom
Mark L. Movsesian reviews Robert Louis Wilken’s helpful reassessment of the history of religious freedom.
Enlisting in Meaning
Anthony M. Barr reviews a forthcoming meditation on the quest for meaning in the face of consumerist culture.
Language, Chance, and Science
Gene Callahan is disappointed with John McWhorter’s takedown of popular theories of the influence of language on thought.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
