John Lukacs’ last book is a great introduction to his mind
August 14, 2020
Recommended to me several years ago, I have at last got round to reading the late historian John Lukacs’ Last Rites, published in 2009...
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A fictitious world so pessimistic it is hard to contemplate
August 14, 2020
Having blogged about Cluny Media’s 2020 republication of What I Believe by Francois Mauriac, I subsequently read a novel from their list of Cluny...
François Mauriac’s Augustinian faith
August 13, 2020
It is good news that Cluny Media has decided to republish this year François Mauriac’s classic statement of his faith, What I Believe. First...
An energetic work of apologetics
August 13, 2020
The Scandal of the Scandals: The Secret History of Christianity by Manfred Lutz (Ignatius Press), with its arresting cover image of a robed figure...
From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic
July 31, 2020
Every story of conversion is of interest as each convert has their own unique experience of faith to relate. Nonetheless, Ian Murphy’s Dying to...
An interview with Christina Chase
July 31, 2020
Having blogged about It’s Good to be Here (Sophia Press), the reflections of Christina Chase, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA type...
The struggle at the heart of the Christian faith
July 30, 2020
My Irish grandfather, who lived in Cork, used to tell me when I was a child that he was looking forward to the annual...
Fighting the vice of Acedia
July 30, 2020
I was especially drawn to read Mary Farrow’s article on Acedia on the Catholic Herald website for 19 May as I have a sneaky...
An agnostic novelist comes to terms with St Paul
July 27, 2020
Damascus By Christos Tsiolkas Atlantic, £16.99 Gen X is growing up. Christos Tsiolkas, once the pin-up boy of 1990s Grunge Lit, has turned 50...
We need to understand China. This book is a good place to start
July 17, 2020
The Colour of the Sky After Rain By Tessa Keswick Head of Zeus, £30 For most of my life I had no interest in...
David Bentley Hart’s attack on Christian tradition fails to convince
July 10, 2020
That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation By David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 222pp, £20/$26 Eastern Orthodox theologian David Bentley...
Just what every pilgrim needs: A 607-page guide to Britain’s sacred places
July 10, 2020
Britain’s Pilgrim Places By Nick Mayhew-Smith and Guy Hayward British Pilgrimage Trust (forthcoming), 607pp, £19.99 Britain’s Pilgrim Places is a very welcome and highly...
John Lukacs’ last book is a great introduction to his mind
August 14, 2020
Recommended to me several years ago, I have at last got round to reading the late historian John Lukacs’ Last Rites, published in 2009...
A fictitious world so pessimistic it is hard to contemplate
August 14, 2020
Having blogged about Cluny Media’s 2020 republication of What I Believe by Francois Mauriac, I subsequently read a novel from their list of Cluny...
François Mauriac’s Augustinian faith
August 13, 2020
It is good news that Cluny Media has decided to republish this year François Mauriac’s classic statement of his faith, What I Believe. First...
An energetic work of apologetics
August 13, 2020
The Scandal of the Scandals: The Secret History of Christianity by Manfred Lutz (Ignatius Press), with its arresting cover image of a robed figure...
From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic
July 31, 2020
Every story of conversion is of interest as each convert has their own unique experience of faith to relate. Nonetheless, Ian Murphy’s Dying to...
An interview with Christina Chase
July 31, 2020
Having blogged about It’s Good to be Here (Sophia Press), the reflections of Christina Chase, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA type...
The struggle at the heart of the Christian faith
July 30, 2020
My Irish grandfather, who lived in Cork, used to tell me when I was a child that he was looking forward to the annual...
Fighting the vice of Acedia
July 30, 2020
I was especially drawn to read Mary Farrow’s article on Acedia on the Catholic Herald website for 19 May as I have a sneaky...
An agnostic novelist comes to terms with St Paul
July 27, 2020
Damascus By Christos Tsiolkas Atlantic, £16.99 Gen X is growing up. Christos Tsiolkas, once the pin-up boy of 1990s Grunge Lit, has turned 50...
We need to understand China. This book is a good place to start
July 17, 2020
The Colour of the Sky After Rain By Tessa Keswick Head of Zeus, £30 For most of my life I had no interest in...
David Bentley Hart’s attack on Christian tradition fails to convince
July 10, 2020
That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation By David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 222pp, £20/$26 Eastern Orthodox theologian David Bentley...
Just what every pilgrim needs: A 607-page guide to Britain’s sacred places
July 10, 2020
Britain’s Pilgrim Places By Nick Mayhew-Smith and Guy Hayward British Pilgrimage Trust (forthcoming), 607pp, £19.99 Britain’s Pilgrim Places is a very welcome and highly...
