The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Join friends of the Bookman in New York City on December 8 for the Gerald 2025 Russello Memorial Lecture.
An Elegy for Place and Time
Jacob Bruggeman reviews Jesse Donaldson’s reflections on his longing for place in our age of isolation.
Natural Law in One Stop
W. Bradford Littlejohn recommends a surprising first-time translation of the early Danish Protestant writer Niels Hemmingsen.
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.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.
