In his fascinating new book, The Idea Machine, longtime publishing executive and man of letters Joel J. Miller explores the history of a uniquely formative cultural phenomenon. The subtitle, How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future, captures the main argument. Books have, in many ways, made civilization possible. And while
For many, Christmas entails hearty laughs with loved ones, hot cocoa around a crackling fire, and most importantly, a rich gratitude for the wonder of the incarnation. But in 1777, Christmas was very different for seventeen-year-old Joseph Plumb Martin. A private in the Continental army, Joseph arrived at Valley Forge a
In this special “addendum” edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Jenna A. Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. They discuss Russell Kirk’s book, Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning.
In this addendum edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Hunter Baker, who serves as provost and dean of the faculty at North Greenville University as well as a senior fellow at the CRCD. They
This week’s feature at the Reading Wheel Review is an additional piece related to this month’s focus on Stephen O. Presley’s, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church: Recovering an Ancient Vision. Over at the Journal of Religion, Culture & Democracy, Dr. Presley reviews a recent book by Dr. Nijay K. Gupta, a professor of
In 2003, David Koyzis first published his highly influential book on political ideologies, Political Visions and Illusions: A Survey and Christian Critique of Contemporary Ideologies. The book was revised and expanded in 2019 to account for the significant cultural shifts that transpired between those release dates. Political Visions and Illusions works at a
Christian theologians have paid careful attention to history since the earliest days of the church. This attention is entirely warranted, of course, since the Christian faith depends on historical events, with Christ’s life, death, and resurrection among the most important. Theology and history are thus inseparable, but theologians and historians
Of the many odd headlines that the politics of an election cycle turn up, “Black Lives Matter Endorses Donald Trump” may be one of the most bizarre. Yet that’s exactly what happened in late November in the state of Rhode Island, thanks to a decidedly against-the-grain individual by the name of Mark
