The Fourth Awokening and Its Discontents

The Fourth Awokening and Its Discontents

We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite By Musa al-Gharbi. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. I would like to alert University Bookman readers to an excellent and important book that has...
Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

Hope in the Past, Hope in the Future

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 Social Gospel for Our Times

The Social Gospel for Our Times

The End of Civility: Christ and Prophetic Division By Ryan Andrew Newson. Baylor University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 248 pages, $54.99. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. In the past few years, there has been a growing number of commentators decrying the lack of civility in...
Political Exodus in America

Political Exodus in America

American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States By Roger L. Simon.  Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 232 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. American Refugees is a worthwhile and highly readable account of an important...
“Putting Civil Back in Civilization”

“Putting Civil Back in Civilization”

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...