The University Bookman
Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Through the Lens of Civil Society
Addison Del Mastro reviews Tim Carney’s strong contribution to the “How we got Trump” genre.
Things Strange and Admirable
Timothy D. Lusch welcomes Tom Shippey’s revealing look at the Vikings.
The Time That We Are Given
Ashlee Cowles reviews the final posthumous novel of Sally Wright.
Between Rome and ‘Jerusalem and Athens’
Richard M. Reinsch welcomes a book on Catholic engagement with the political philosopher Leo Strauss.
Moral Reasoning in an Acceptable Time
Matt Miller reviews the new Library of America collection of Madeleine L’Engle’s eight “Kairos” novels.
The Importance of Being Iris
Emina Melonic reviews a book on the thought of philosopher-novelist Iris Murdoch.
That Old-Time Civil Religion
Richard M. Gamble welcomes Walter McDougall’s insightful and nuanced book on American civil religion and foreign policy.
Sufism as Civil Religion?
Fitzroy Morrissey reviews a book on the forgotten political influence (or exploitation) of the mystical Sufi movement in medieval Islam.
The Center Holds
Nicole M. King reviews a new book on Midwestern regionalism.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.