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The Choice Between Contemplation & Control of Nature by Nicholas E. Ziegenhagen
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St. Antony’s Guide to Resisting the Transhumanist Temptation by C. R. Wiley
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Reclaiming the Normal Path to Mature Adulthood by Anthony Esolen
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The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft
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on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma
30.6—Nov/Dec 2017
Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen
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From Heavenly Harmony
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Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012
Oliver O'Donovan's Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics
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Thomas de Zengotita's Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It
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The Matter at Hand
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16.2 — March 2003
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Practical Christianity
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14.2 — March 2001
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22.8 — November/December 2009
An Interview with Bishop Göran Beijer of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden
book reviews
38.3 — May/Jun, 2025
Down But Not Out
Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream by Timothy S. Goeglein
A review by Allan C. Carlson
38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025
Latter-Day Paper Trail
Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet by John G. Turner
A review by Joseph Martin
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The Scope of the Pope
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023 by John M. Rist
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38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
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