Book Reviews


What is parenthood?

Peter Jon Mitchell | 15 May 2013 |
tags: book reviews, family policy, parenting, same-sex parenting
In debates about the family, some social scientists are asserting the primacy of theory over facts. Is this science?


The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 April 2013 |
tags: book reviews, Christians, lesbians
An English professor's journey from queer theory to Christian faith.


The West’s two big mistakes in the Arab world

Jennifer S. Bryson | 08 April 2013 |
tags: Arab Spring, book reviews, Islam
By treating Islam as monolithic and insisting on secularisation Western powers miss opportunities to help democracy take root.


Former People

Francis Phillips | 02 April 2013 |
tags: book reviews, revolution, Russia
"Losers are no less worthy of being remembered than winners," writes a chronicler of the last days of the Russian aristocracy.


A divine foot in the door

David Gallagher | 22 March 2013 |
tags: book reviews, Darwinism, materialism
Atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel explains why the materialist Neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false.


What to Expect When No One’s Expecting

Jennifer Roback Morse | 19 March 2013 |
tags: book reviews, demography
At last, a book on demography that talks about its relation to sexual culture.


What money can’t buy

Michael Cook | 26 February 2013 |
tags: book reviews, commodification, market economy, utilitarianism
What is the proper role of money and markets in a democratic society? How can we protect the priceless goods in moral and civic life from being bought and sold?


Let’s talk about just war

Nathaniel Peters | 08 February 2013 |
tags: book reviews, just war, US foreign policy
In a country where opinion oscillates between the extremes of realism and pacifism, learning the history of the just war tradition is important.


Mandate of the People

Tom Odhiambo | 01 February 2013 |
tags: book reviews, entrepreneurship, Kenya, politics, poverty
Politics can be dirty, but it will be cleaner if decent people get involved.


Bad Religion

Peter Smith | 23 January 2013 |
tags: American exceptionalism, book reviews, religion
How America became a nation of heretics - along with nearly everywhere else.


Just Send Me Word

Francis Phillips | 14 January 2013 |
tags: book reviews
The discovery of a cache of letters written from a Soviet gulag is a testimony to love and heroism.


Nancy: The Story of Lady Astor

Francis Phillips | 10 January 2013 |
tags: biography, book reviews
The career of an Edwardian society lady - the first to take a seat in the British parliament - makes entertaining reading.


The genius of Chesterton

Zac Alstin | 08 January 2013 |
tags: biography, book reviews
A comprehensive new biography of the brilliant controversialist will delight fans and instruct the sceptical.


Favourite books of 2012

Clare Cannon and Harley J. Sims | 18 December 2012 |
tags: book reviews, books, literature, reading
Looking for a good read over the Christmas holidays? A late present? Look no further.


What Is Marriage?

Shawn Murphy | 07 December 2012 |
tags: book reviews, marriage, philosophy
A defence of man-woman marriage combining the precision of scientists with the clarity of good journalists makes for essential reading.


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