The Ironies of Modern Spirituality
A review of The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848–1898, by Dominic Green.
T. C. Boyle’s New Novel Is a Tragic-Absurd Assault on ‘Humanity’
A review of Talk to Me: A Novel, by T. C. Boyle.
The Dark Undercurrents of Cynthia Ozick’s Antiquities
A review of Antiquities, by Cynthia Ozick.
Why Humans Self-Destruct
A review of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, by Christopher Beha.
A Post-Apocalyptic Tale with a Twist
A review of The Second Sleep: A Novel, by Robert Harris.
The Birth of the Modern
Unlike all too many books these days, “Reformations” is not bloated with verbal filler, lazy repetitions, or self-indulgent digressions.
A Kind Word for the Man
Authority is a curiously neglected subject. Round up a gaggle of grad students, and they can discourse about power and hegemony into the wee hours. And as you are nodding ...
Paul, to the Life
John Wilson reviews Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time, by Sarah Ruden
Out of Darkness
As our hymns and carols affirm, we enjoy against all reasonable expectation an intimacy with the Creator of the universe.