Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World like the Early Church By Stephen O. Presley. Eerdmans, 2024. Paperback, 230 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Winston Hottman. What should be done about the decline of Christianity in the West? While some proposed solutions have...
The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves By Alexandra Hudson. St. Martin’s Press, 2023. Hardcover, 416 pages, $29. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. Speech codes, safe spaces, and intolerant demands for diversity, equity, and inclusion...
The Roots of American Order By Russell Kirk. ISI Books, 2003. Paperback, 534 pages, $18. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt. If we go back fifty years to 1974, one might say it was annus horribilis for America. The US was in a grip of an energy crisis, the Presidency of Richard...
The Roots of American Order By Russell Kirk. ISI Books, 2003. Paperback, 534 pages, $18. Reviewed by Bruce P. Frohnen. Let me begin with what may seem an odd claim: the American Constitution is a central concern of Russell Kirk’s vast body of work. This statement is...
The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European By Stefan Zweig. Viking Press, 1943 (English Translation). Reviewed by John P. Rossi. On February 23, 1942, while Axis forces were triumphing everywhere—the Japanese overrunning the Philippines, the British withdrawing...
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