The Visionary Stigmatists and the Hope of Mercy

The Visionary Stigmatists and the Hope of Mercy

The Stigmatists: Their Gifts, Their Revelations, Their Warnings By Paul Kengor. TAN Books, 2024. Hardcover, 416 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. The crucifixion of Christ is the central event in Christianity, for, as Saint Paul says in his letter to the...
Motherhood in an Age of Childlessness

Motherhood in an Age of Childlessness

Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth By Catherine Ruth Pakaluk. Regnery Gateway, 2024. Hardcover, 400 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Nicholas R. Swanson. In January 2022, Pope Francis struck a nerve during his Wednesday public audience. Noting...
Religious Illiberalism and the American Order

Religious Illiberalism and the American Order

American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order By Jerome E. Copulsky. Yale University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 384 pages, $40. Reviewed by Miles Smith IV. For the past few years—more specifically since Donald Trump made it very clear he was happy to pursue...
Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa By Anthony Grafton.  Belknap Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 304 pages, $39.95.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell. “Dame Frances Yates” is a name that usually does not cross the lips of the educated public. However, in the field of...
The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War By H. W. Brands.  Doubleday, 2024.  Hardcover, 464 pages, $35. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. With the first Trump administration still a lively memory and a second Trump presidency just getting...