For They Shall Be Comforted
Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning Introduction and Translation by David G. Bonagura, Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2023. Paperback, 128 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. The death of a loved one can be wrenchingly painful. It is during such a...
St. Thomas Aquinas With a Southern Drawl
Understanding The Hillbilly Thomist: The Philosophical Foundations of Flannery O’Connor’s Narrative Art By Fr. Damian Ference. Word on Fire, 2023. Paperback, 280 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. By her own admission, Flannery O’Connor was...
Troublesome Corporeality: Mysticism, Gnosticism, and Sacramentality in The Rabbit Hutch
The Rabbit Hutch: A Novel By Tess Gunty. Knopf, 2022. Hardcover, 352 pages, $28. Reviewed by Jeffrey Wald. Although I dislike identity politics, I must admit that when it comes to literature, I love to camp with my own tribe. In other words, I have a particular...
Perspicuity at the Bar of History
The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity By Casey J. Chalk. Emmaus Road Publishing, 2023. Hardcover, 320 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Tyler Curtis. In 1925, when John T. Scopes was on trial for teaching...
I can’t believe it’s already been 3 years since Gerald’s passing. If you didn’t know him, Gerald was the first person to ever encourage 22-year-old me to write a book review. I thought “why does anyone care what I think about a book?” That’s who he was for so many young writers
Join us TOMORROW! Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase advanced copies of "How Do You Do It? The Selected Works of Gerald Russello."
This Wednesday in NYC: Rusty Reno will speak on "The Conservative Paradox: Mourning and Gratitude " at the Bookman's Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture. RSVP here:
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