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Brad LittlejohnPolitical TheoryBooks

Political Freedom Between Right and Rights

A political order built on rights without any account of the right will with time devolve into contradiction and incoherence.

Josh PaulingBooks

A Dystopian Novel for the Machine Age

Peco Gaskovski's 'Exogenesis' is a disturbing meditation on the intersection of fertility and our machine age.

Case ThorpBooks

An Historian's History

Peter Brown's memoir is a delightful exploration not only of Brown's life as a historian, but of the subjects that have captivated him for decades.

Brad EastBooks

A Future Worthy of Life: Houellebecq, Decadence, and Sacraments

When one loses faith in God and faith in oneself, one loses faith in the future too.

Phil CotnoirBooks

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 SweeneyBooks

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 PeterBooks

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 MooreBooks

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 AndersonBooks

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 CarlBooks

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 StevensonBooksFormation

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 PoliticsBooks

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.