Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory

Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory

By Dermot Quinn. This essay was delivered as a memorial lecture at Fordham University, New York, on November 15, 2023. One of the easiest ways of remembering Gerald Russello is to listen to him. So here he is, in that powerful, reasonable, humane, wise voice of his,...
Comments on Hiro Aida’s Speech on Russell Kirk and Japan

Comments on Hiro Aida’s Speech on Russell Kirk and Japan

By Luke C. Sheahan. These remarks were delivered on April 19, 2024, in response to Hiro Aida’s comments on “Russell Kirk and Japan” at an event hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami and the Russell Kirk Center at the 60th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Society in...
Christians in the Brave New World

Christians in the Brave New World

Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture  By Aaron M. Renn. Zondervan, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $26.99. Reviewed by Jason Jewell. Since his viral article “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism” was published in the February 2022...
Swimming in the Secular Fishbowl 

Swimming in the Secular Fishbowl 

Practicing Christians, Practical Atheists: How Cultural Liturgies and Everyday Social Practices Shape the Christian Life By Phil Davignon. Cascade Books, 2023. Paperback, 158 pages, $22. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr.  What are the biggest factors driving...
Crafting a New Evangelical Imagination

Crafting a New Evangelical Imagination

The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis By Karen Swallow Prior. Brazos Press, 2023. Hardcover, 304 pages, $26.99. Reviewed by James E. Hartley. “All great systems, ethical or political, attain their ascendancy over...