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Nadya WilliamsBook Reviews

The Case for Intellectual Gratitude

It is a profound privilege to live in a world where there are poets.

Tessa CarmanBook Reviews

Light in 'Jane Austen's Darkness'

Julia Yost's exploration of the dark themes and failed marriages in Jane Austen's fiction is a rich reading of the great novelist's work.

Haley StewartBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Rediscovering the Whimsy of Children’s Books

Wonderful children's literature has a way of reminding us that the world is still delightful and still worth knowing.

John D. WilseyBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Modernity, Secularism, and the Struggle for a Christian Civilization

Danielou's argument is a reminder to us that physical and material factors influence personal piety, and often in quite profound ways.

Felicia Wu SongBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

The Tragedies of Longing for Home

Much of Kingsnorth's technological critique is very sharp, which makes his hostility toward certain left wing thinkers unfortunate and puzzling.

Kirsten SandersBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Religion's Own Worst Enemy

If the purpose of religion is to make people moral, then the moral failures of religious people disprove religion and render it obsolete.

Jeff BilbroBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Imagining Life Outside the Machine

There are a number of striking overlaps in the critiques of modernity put forth by Paul Kingsnorth and Christopher Lasch.

Rhys LavertyBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

After the Machine

Could a critical mass of people opt out of the machine and pursue more humane ways of life? In principal, certainly. In practice? That remains to be seen.

Leah Libresco SargeantBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Leah Sargeant Replies

Leah Sargeant replies to Agnes Howard, Rachel Aldhizer, and Nadya Williams's reflections on her new book 'The Dignity of Dependence.'

Nadya WilliamsBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

What Has War to Do with Motherhood?

We cannot take the value and the beauty of this vulnerability for granted. Sargeant’s book makes no sense outside the Judaeo-Christian worldview.

Rachel Roth AldhizerBook ReviewsFormationJournalFall 2025

The Presence of Christ in Our Dependence

Dependence has a language. Need has a way of speaking to us and calling for help, even when it cannot do so with words.

Agnes HowardBook ReviewsJournalFall 2025

Dependent in the First Place

Americans prefer to think of dependence as a preparatory step before we turn into what we really are—autonomous self-makers. Sargeant skewers this folly.