The Achievement of the Irish Poets
Catholic Modernism and the Irish “Avant-Garde”: The Achievement of Brian Coffey, Denis Devlin, and Thomas MacGreevy By James Matthew Wilson. Catholic University of America Press, 2024. Paperback, 488 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Although...
The Dublin Fog: In the Footsteps of the Irish Saints
St. Patrick and His World By Mike Aquilina. Scepter, 2024. Paperback, 144 pages, $15.95. Monastery and High Cross: The Forgotten Eastern Roots of Irish Christianity By Connie Marshner. Sophia Institute Press, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by Ryan...
Correcting the Historical Record on Slavery
The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery By Paul Kengor. Emmaus Road Publishing, 2023. Hardcover, 304 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. When explaining why he was Catholic, G.K. Chesterton observed that there are thousands of reasons all...
Rising with the Saints
The Leaven of the Saints: Bringing Christ into a Fallen World By Dawn Marie Beutner. Ignatius Press, 2023. Paperback, 316 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Thomas Griffin. Saints change the world because their own lives have become an offering to God. Their self-offering...
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