Why Religion Went Obsolete: The Demise of Traditional Faith in America By Christian Smith. Oxford University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 440 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Phil Davignon. The question of whether religion is dying in the United States has long intrigued social...
Religion & Republic: Christian America from the Founding to the Civil War By Miles Smith. The Davenant Press, 2024. Paperback, 350 pages, $42.95. Reviewed by Glenn Moots. Beginning in the 1970s, American Christians sensing a cultural shift engaged in a war of...
The Worlds of Dorothy L. Sayers: The Life and Works of the Crime Writer and Poet By Stephen Wade. Pen & Sword History, 2025. Hardcover, 256 pages, $39.95/£25.00. Reviewed by Adam Schwartz. In 2011, A. N. Wilson numbered Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) among authors...
Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious By Ross Douthat. Zondervan, 2025. Hardcover, 240 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Luca Frumento. In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI gave a lecture at the University of Regensburg explaining how Europe came to forget Christianity’s deep...
Fr. Spitzer’s Universe: Exploring Life’s Big Questions By Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. EWTN Publishing Inc., 2024. Paperback, 160 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Ever wonder what Original Sin is? Or whether there is evidence for the human soul? Or why...
The Long Decline of Liberalism
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