book reviews What is parenthood?Peter Jon Mitchell | 15 May 2013 |tags: book reviews, family policy, parenting, same-sex parentingIn debates about the family, some social scientists are asserting the primacy of theory over facts. Is this science?  The West’s two big mistakes in the Arab worldJennifer S. Bryson | 08 April 2013 |tags: Arab Spring, book reviews, IslamBy treating Islam as monolithic and insisting on secularisation Western powers miss opportunities to help democracy take root.  Former PeopleFrancis 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 doorDavid Gallagher | 22 March 2013 |tags: book reviews, Darwinism, materialismAtheist philosopher Thomas Nagel explains why the materialist Neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false.  What money can’t buyMichael Cook | 26 February 2013 |tags: book reviews, commodification, market economy, utilitarianismWhat 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?  Books for fun and inspiration…Carolyn Moynihan , Clare Cannon and Michael Cook | 26 February 2013 |tags: book lists, cheerfulness… and an antidote for the over-cheerful. All good literature, though.  Let’s talk about just warNathaniel Peters | 08 February 2013 |tags: book reviews, just war, US foreign policyIn a country where opinion oscillates between the extremes of realism and pacifism, learning the history of the just war tradition is important.  Bad ReligionPeter Smith | 23 January 2013 |tags: American exceptionalism, book reviews, religionHow America became a nation of heretics - along with nearly everywhere else.  Nancy: The Story of Lady AstorFrancis Phillips | 10 January 2013 |tags: biography, book reviewsThe career of an Edwardian society lady - the first to take a seat in the British parliament - makes entertaining reading.  The genius of ChestertonZac Alstin | 08 January 2013 |tags: biography, book reviewsA comprehensive new biography of the brilliant controversialist will delight fans and instruct the sceptical.  Favourite books of 2012Clare Cannon and Harley J. Sims | 18 December 2012 |tags: book reviews, books, literature, readingLooking for a good read over the Christmas holidays? A late present? Look no further.  75 years of The HobbitHarley J. Sims | 07 December 2012 |tags: fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, literatureJ.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative adventure has become the gold standard of children’s literature.
 The Unintended ReformationCharles J. Chaput | 16 November 2012 |tags: book reviews, Reformation, secularismThe long-term effect of the Reformation was to create "the kingdom of whatever", a world where meaning is self-invented and meaninglessness is the public philosophy.  A portrait of the artist as a businessmanG. Tracy Mehan III | 06 November 2012 |tags: biography, book reviews, heroes, Steve JobsDid shrewdness, artistry and obsession make Steve Jobs America's greatest businessman?  UnapologeticFrancis Phillips | 02 November 2012 |tags: book reviews, ChristianityAn unblinking, honest appraisal of what it means to be a believing Christian by a major British writer.  The Casual VacancyHarley J. Sims | 22 October 2012 |tags: book reviews, Harry Potter, literatureJ.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults is a sprawling, dark, misanthropic tale about the worst kind of Muggles.
 Nobel laureate criticises one-child policyMichael Cook | 15 October 2012 |tags: book reviews, literature, Nobel Prize, one-child policyWill the national pride in China's first national to win the Nobel Prize for Literature lead to a reform of the one-child policy?  Planned BullyhoodMeg T. McDonnell | 18 September 2012 |tags: Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen FoundationA new book gives an insider's view of the Susan G. Komen Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood battle.  Poisoned IviesMichael W. Hannon | 17 September 2012 |tags: book reviews, higher education, pornographyNathan Harden’s “Sex and God at Yale” graphically shows what moral bankruptcy and relativism has produced at America's most elite universities.  The Fix: How addiction is invading our livesFrancis Phillips | 11 September 2012 |tags: addiction, book reviews, drug abuse, obesityAddiction to cupcakes, coke, drink or the horses is not a disease, but a choice, says a reformed alcoholic.  Not meFrancis Phillips | 04 September 2012 |tags: book reviews, Nazism, World War IINot all Germans bent the knee before the Nazi Baal. This portrait of an ordinary but heroic man shows that some retained their integrity.  Children made meHelen M. Alvaré | 30 August 2012 |tags: books, Catholic faith, Women Speak for ThemselvesA Catholic academic and feminist tells how she discovered the meaning of marriage and the joy of self-giving. Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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