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Book Reviews

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By Tessa Carman

Light in 'Jane Austen's Darkness'

December 4th, 2025|12 min read

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By Haley Stewart

Rediscovering the Whimsy of Children’s Books

November 21st, 2025|4 min read

By John D. Wilsey

Modernity, Secularism, and the Struggle for a Christian Civilization

November 21st, 2025|7 min read

By Felicia Wu Song

The Tragedies of Longing for Home

November 19th, 2025|7 min read

By Kirsten Sanders

Religion's Own Worst Enemy

November 19th, 2025|8 min read

By Jeff Bilbro

Imagining Life Outside the Machine

November 18th, 2025|8 min read

By Rhys Laverty

After the Machine

November 18th, 2025|8 min read

By Leah Libresco Sargeant

Leah Sargeant Replies

November 14th, 2025|5 min read

By Nadya Williams

What Has War to Do with Motherhood?

November 14th, 2025|6 min read

By Rachel Roth Aldhizer

The Presence of Christ in Our Dependence

November 13th, 2025|7 min read

By Agnes Howard

Dependent in the First Place

November 13th, 2025|6 min read

By Bonnie Kristian

Leftists Should Be Christian

November 11th, 2025|8 min read

By Kyle Williams

Tall Tales of Abundance

November 10th, 2025|7 min read

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By Justin Hawkins

Joys That Only Saints Can Know

November 10th, 2025|9 min read

By Nadya Williams

Child of These Tears

November 6th, 2025|5 min read

By Kirsten Sanders

The Magpie No. 1: Inventing Purity Culture

November 5th, 2025|8 min read

By Amy Mantravadi

The Case for Bringing Back Verse Plays

November 3rd, 2025|5 min read

By Nadya Williams

Charles Williams, All Hallows’ Eve: 80 Years Later 

October 31st, 2025|7 min read

By Joshua Heavin

Union with Christ and the Life of Faith

October 30th, 2025|9 min read

By Amy Hall

God's Witness In True Myths: The Story of the Peace Child

October 30th, 2025|11 min read