Remembering Our Unruly Character

Remembering Our Unruly Character

Character in the American Experience: An Unruly People  By Bruce P. Frohnen and Ted V. McAllister. Lexington Books, 2022. Hardcover, 208 pages, $95. Reviewed by Ryan R. Holston. Truth-telling with regard to historical life is never a question of laying bare “the...
The Spiritualist Origins of Modern Disorder

The Spiritualist Origins of Modern Disorder

The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848-1898 By Dominic Green. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. Hardcover, 464 pages, $35. Reviewed by Chilton Williamson, Jr. “We live,” Flannery O’Connor wrote in 1963, “in an unbelieving age but one which is...
Non-Western Conservatism

Non-Western Conservatism

Russian Conservatism By Paul Robinson. Northern Illinois University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 300 pages, $41.95. Reviewed by Matthew Slaboch. On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces under the order of President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine,...
A Cure For Boredom

A Cure For Boredom

Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life  By Kevin Hood Gary. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paperback, 200 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. Kevin Hood Gary’s book Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and...