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Amy MantravadiBook Reviews

The Urgency of Grace

David Zahl's new book will be a welcome aid to anyone needing to hear the old, old story for the first time or for the 100th time.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Plato Among the Tyrants: On the Making of 'The Republic'

Plato's experience in Syracuse where he sought to make a philosopher of a tyrant likely played a significant role in how he thought about 'The Republic.'

Rick KennedyBook Reviews

The Wisdom of Hope in Boethian Times

Thomas Ward's new book on Boethius draws the martyred philosopher into conversation with C. S. Lewis, showing how Boethius and Lewis faced similar threats.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Passing the Torch: A Conversation with Louis Markos

Louis Markos discusses classical education and the life of the mind with Nadya Williams.

Daniel K. WilliamsBook Reviews

Religious Freedom and Conservatism in America: Interview with John D. Wilsey

Historian Daniel K. Williams interviews John Wilsey about his new book on religious freedom and conservatism in the United States.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

The Shepherd and the Duck Woman

English farmer James Rebanks needed to step outside the demands of his machine-like life to rediscover the delight of simple vocations.

Kirsten SandersBook Reviews

Biblicist Means for Egalitarian Ends

Beth Allison Barr's 'Becoming the Pastor's Wife' fails largely due to the significant problems with both her historical and theological methods.

Nadya WilliamsTechnologyBook Reviews

All the Things We Do Not Know

The Library of Ancient Wisdom reminds us of both the limitations of our knowing and the goodness of the world, which is both worth knowing and loving.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Walking Faithfully Through Deconstruction: Interview with Ian Harber

Ian Harber's 'Walking Through Deconstruction' resituates deconstruction from a heady intellectual experience to something more felt and existential.

Elizabeth SticeTechnologyBook Reviews

On the Nature of Things

Liz Pelly's 'The Mood Machine' lays bare the corrosive effects of relating to art in a purely commercialized, consumer-driven way.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

Translating Homer in the 21st Century

The choices one makes when translating ancient texts require more than simply knowing the languages one is working with.

Danielle TreweekBook Reviews

A Sham Trial: Reviewing 'The Sin of Empathy'

Joe Rigney's 'Sin of Empathy' collapses under the weight of its own internal contradictions and inconsistencies.