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Phil CotnoirBook Reviews

Navigating Reenchantment

'Living in Wonder' is a welcome guide for readers escaping materialism, but its one-sided account of Protestantism will chase off many who need to read it.

Terence SweeneyBook Reviews

A Mirror for the Princes of Today

In pre-modern days philosopher wrote moral guides for princes. Michael Wear's recent book fills a similar role for contemporary politicians and voters.

Stiven PeterBook Reviews

In the Era of the Judges

Aaron Renn's negative world thesis isn't about life in Babylon, but life in the time of the Judges.

David MooreBook Reviews

Finishing What Jonathan Edwards Started

David Moore sits down to talk with Gerald McDermott about his latest book, 'A New History of Redemption.'

Matthew Lee AndersonBook Reviews

The Quality of God's Mercy

Matthew Lee Anderson reviews the new book 'The Widening of God's Mercy' by Richard and Christopher Hays.

Katy CarlBook Reviews

Binding Up Our 'Large and Egregious Wounds'

Susan Fish's story won't take us back to Eden, but it can help us better understand some of what's been lost.

Rebecca Brewster StevensonBook ReviewsFormation

A Mouldering Feast: The Dangers of Victimhood as Identity

To make our sufferings the center of our identity is to condemn ourselves to a life of more suffering, to cut ourselves off from hope for something better.

Elizabeth SticeCurrent PoliticsBook Reviews

Finding Ourselves in Augustine's "City of God"

The priorities and concerns that animated Augustine's political thought are often quite foreign to us today, which is what makes him a valuable guide.

Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

In Praise of Plodders

The happiest people aren't those who have great wealth or power, but those who persist in small, ordinary faithfulness within their communities.

Andrew ArndtBibleBook Reviews

To See the Face of God is to See Mercy

Marilynne Robinson's account of mercy and providence offered in 'Reading Genesis' is a rich feast that will lift your eyes toward the merciful face of God.

S. DormanBook Reviews

Hawthorne's Necrotic Tissue

Hawthorne's 'Scarlet Letter' is pervaded by a fear of hypocrisy and yet some sense in which hypocrisy seems almost unavoidable.

John EhrettBook ReviewsFormation

You Don't Escape to Narnia

The point of the Narnia tales isn't to escape your normal life, but to find something in Narnia that you also must learn to find in 'normal' reality.