Book Reviews

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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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