Should We Be Good Bankers?
Be Good Bankers: The Economic Interpretation of Matthew’s Gospel, with a Fresh Translation By Michael Pakaluk. Gateway Editions, 2025. Hardcover, 340 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Paul D. Mueller. Should we be good bankers? Dr. Michael Pakaluk explores that...
Aspirational Conservatism
Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer By John D. Wilsey. W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025. Hardcover, 288 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. Adjectives that shape “conservatism” are not in short supply. Two early ones, casting conservatism into...
Educating in the Good, the True, and the Beautiful
Passing the Torch: An Apology for Classical Christian Education By Louis Markos. IVP Academic, 2025. Paperback, 240 pages, $30. Reviewed by David Hein. This fine study by Louis Markos, an English professor at Houston Christian University and the author of many books,...
Out of Many, One
Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years By Paula Fredriksen. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Our local priest uses the phrase “our separated brethren” when referencing other denominations...
Editors’ Summer Reading
Spring is drawing to a close. Summer is upon us. That means it’s time for summer reading. Luke C. Sheahan, Editor Once final grades are submitted, and I’ve rested, I begin my trek through a summer booklist. At the top is always Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. I read it...
Summer is here and the days are long. Slowing schedules allow time for many of us to sink into the queue of books that have been patiently waiting for us over the busyness of our end of spring schedules.
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Ah, just your typical 663-page light summer beach read for a @ubookman book review. Makes Wealth of Nations look like a Substack essay.