The Celebrity-Industrial Complex
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits are Hurting the Church By Katelyn Beaty. Brazos Press, 2022. Hardcover, 208 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by James E. Hartley. “The celebrity,” opined Daniel Boorstein, “is a person who is known for his...
The Death and Life of Jane Jacobs’s Hometown
Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania By Glenna Lang. New Village Press, 2021. Hardcover, 468 Pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Josh Bowman. Places, for better or worse, are a part of who we are and who we become. Along with our faith and families of...
Christopher Dawson and Cultural Crisis
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War By Joseph T. Stuart. Catholic University of America Press, 2022. Paperback, 448 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Tom Villis. The University Bookman is proud to offer this three-review symposium on Joseph T....
Christopher Dawson on the Causes of Culture
Christopher Dawson: A Cultural Mind in the Age of the Great War By Joseph T. Stuart. Catholic University of America Press, 2022. Paperback, 448 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Christopher S. Morrissey. The University Bookman is proud to offer this three-review symposium on...
"Delsol’s analysis stands out for the breadth of its perspective. Her essay covers topics as varied as corporatism, the French love for status and strikes, immigration, religion and secularism, populism and the role of intellectuals, Jacobinism, and the EU..."