How Charlotte Brontë Became Charlotte Brontë

How Charlotte Brontë Became Charlotte Brontë

The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life By Graham Watson. Pegasus, 2025. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. Today, everyone knows Charlotte Brontë as the author of Jane Eyre. That wasn’t always the case. During her own lifetime, she had...
C.S. Lewis and Gender Ideology

C.S. Lewis and Gender Ideology

Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis’ Images of Gender By Joshua Phillip Herring. The Davenant Press, 2026. Paperback, 234 pages, $31.95. Reviewed by Nathanael Blake. C.S. Lewis can’t fix everything. It is tempting to try, though. Lewis was a wise and learned...
The Case for the Messiah

The Case for the Messiah

Evidence for Christ: How We Know That Jesus is the Messiah By Jimmy Akin. Catholic Answers Press, 2026. Paperback, 183 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Christianity proclaims Jesus the messiah, but many Christians have a hard time explaining...
Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent

Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent

Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary That Fell on Deaf Ears By Harvey C. Mansfield.  Encounter Books, 2026.  Hardcover, 152 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Adam Kissel. Like Harvey “C-minus” Mansfield, I attended a college in the Boston area. Mansfield...
Hebraic Ideas at the Founding

Hebraic Ideas at the Founding

Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story Edited By Wilfred McClay and Stuart Halpern. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. When approaching the American Founding, it’s typical...
What We’re Reading

What We’re Reading

Luke C. Sheahan, Editor Ah, summer. The sun is for shining as books are for reading. The new imprint Creed & Culture yields two of my summer titles: Patrick Deneen’s American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about Our Divided Souls and Michael Lucchese’s...