The Mind Of Middle-Earth: Exploring The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded Edition Edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien. William Morrow, 2023. Hardcover, 432 pages, $40. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. It is always a privilege to travel through the articulate mind of the man who...
Swimming in the Secular Fishbowl
Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists: How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life By Phil Davignon. Cascade Books, 2023. Paperback, 158 pages, $22. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. What are the biggest factors driving...
JP O’Malley Interviews Author Joseph Berger
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence (Jewish Lives) By Joseph Berger. Yale University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 360 pages, $26. Joseph Berger published Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence early last year. The University Bookman contributor JP O’Malley caught up with...
Why America Needs to Rediscover American Exceptionalism
Radical Betrayal: How Liberals & Neoconservatives Are Wrecking American Exceptionalism By Anders W. Edwardsson. Defiance Press & Publishing, 2023. Paperback, 330 pages, $17.89. Reviewed by John Hendrickson. Anders Edwardsson in Radical Betrayal: How Liberals...
Portrait of an Artist
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris By Alicia Foster. Thames & Hudson, 2023. Hardcover, 272 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Sean McGlynn. The work of the Welsh artist Gwen John (1876-1939) has recently re-emerged from relative obscurity. This is due to two fine...
More than Regime Change, We Need a New Cosmological Vision