Ever Ancient, Ever New

Ever Ancient, Ever New

The New Apologetics: Defending the Faith in a Post-Christian Era Edited by Matthew Nelson. Word on Fire Institute, 2022. Paperback, 288 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Scott D. Moringiello.  I regularly teach “Introduction to Catholicism” at DePaul University. Of the 40...
Talking Race: Community Over Conflict

Talking Race: Community Over Conflict

All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory By Edward Feser. Ignatius Press, 2022. Paperback, 163 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by William H. Rooney. In All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory, philosopher...
Much More than a Decadent

Much More than a Decadent

Lionel Johnson: Poetry and Prose Edited by Robert Asch. Saint Austin Press, 2021. Hardcover, 544 pages, $39.90. “And who shall say, that to know the great Masters is not the first necessity of an artist? Yet we might think, that a true man of letters would...
Beauty Is the Friendly Voice of God

Beauty Is the Friendly Voice of God

Unearthly Beauty: The Aesthetics of St John Henry Newman by Guy Nicholls. Gracewing, 2019. Hardcover, 352 pages, $36. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl It’s good to note at the beginning here that the Rev. Dr. Guy Nicholls is a priest at the Birmingham Oratory and...
Prin’s Original Fictions

Prin’s Original Fictions

Original Prin: A Novel by Randy Boyagoda. Biblioasis, 2019. Paperback, 224 pages, $15. Reviewed by Joshua Hren Toward the end of Original Prin our protagonist Princely St. John Umbiligoda sifts through the Duty-Free shop in the Dragomans airport only to find the...