The Art of Admiration

by Daniel J. Mahoney

In Not Forgotten, Weigel splendidly recovers the art of admiration, with a few warnings of what to avoid thrown into the mix. Continue Reading »

12 Apr 2021

New World From Water

by Peter J. Leithart

The new creation is signified by water because the first creation came through water. Continue Reading »

9 Apr 2021

Books, Baseball, and Cool Papa Bell

by John Wilson

Some thoughts on a recent biography of baseball legend Cool Papa Bell.
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5 Apr 2021

Jesus of the Suburbs

by John Wilson

A new book of conversations between Samuel Wells and Stanley Hauerwas discusses the role of theology in the lives of ordinary Christians. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2021

A Sword Against Spiritual Foes

by John Wilson

The deep fallibility of the hero keeps The Emperor's Sword from seeming morally simplistic and self-satisfied. Continue Reading »

5 Mar 2021

Remembering Lives of Consequence

by George Weigel

The men and women in Not Forgotten all teach important lessons about what it means to live a worthy life. Continue Reading »

24 Feb 2021

What We’ve Been Reading—February 2021

by Editors

This month it's The Count of Monte Cristo, the Hapsburgs, and a foray into Sinclair Lewis.
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23 Feb 2021

The Gratuitous Abundance of Books

by John Wilson

There are so many books to instruct and divert us, miming Creation itself in their gratuitous abundance. Continue Reading »

18 Feb 2021

Those Who Hunger and Thirst

by John Wilson

Doubt and faith are intertwined in Thirst. Continue Reading »

4 Feb 2021

Briefly Noted

by Various

In the late sixth century, the monk John Moschos called the Judean Desert a “spiritual meadow,” one blossoming with men and women seeking God alone. Fourteen centuries later, William Dalrymple retraced Moschos’s footsteps in From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2021