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...
Getting About: Travel Writings of William F. Buckley Jr. Edited by Bill Meehan. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 464 pages, $39.99. Reviewed by Mark G. Brennan. What better time to dive into a compilation of travel essays than the summer travel season? Editor Bill...
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,...
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...
Religious Freedom After the Sexual Revolution by Helen M. Alvaré. The Catholic University of America Press, 2022. Paperback, 256 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Jennie Bradley Lichter. The core conviction and the raison d’être of Helen Alvaré’s excellent book is that...
Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent
@AdamKissel on "Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary That Fell on Deaf Ears" by Harvey C. Mansfield. @EncounterBooks
Hebraic Ideas at the Founding
Daniel James Sundahl on "Jewish Roots of American Liberty: The Impact of Hebraic Ideas on the American Story," Edited By Wilfred McClay and Stuart Halpern.
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