Reviews

A new biography of Hilma af Klint forces a question: What is the purpose of art?

You are not the (only) problem 

A Marxist political scientist, and a member of the last generation to experience segregation, tells his story

In de Dijn’s history of freedom, the relationship is not entirely clear

If you can’t “have it all,” what can you have?

What if religion is not responsible for religious wars?

Cormac McCarthy inspires a consequential question: What is the worth of holy awe?

If Bono is a picture of our moment, he’s also used his faith to shape it

Even amid insufferable striving, community asserts itself

Only a heart properly broken can bear the weight of a world at war

Berry’s late stories sing of gratitude and grace

Narcissism really isn’t that complicated. But its effects are.

John McGreevy’s story calls into question the future of the Church itself

In the midst of our knowledge crisis, Bonnie Kristian offers no easy answers

Wendell Berry’s long ramble of a book is cause for celebration

Our plight and our salvation are one

Alasdair MacIntyre exposed the failings of the liberal tradition. Do we dare remember?

Centuries in, the tension between Catholic ideals and the American experience remains taut and troubled

The admonition “Be careful what you wish for” turns out to have sound historical backing

Jedidiah Purdy’s call for more self-governance raises a question: How far can better policy take us?