The Bookshelf

Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option presents itself as a guidebook for surviving the fall of Christian civilization. Dreher argues that, in order for Christians to...

Mary Eberstadt's outstanding book, Adam and Eve after the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, is a must-read for Catholics, indeed for anyone concerned ab...

I just finished reading The Recovery of the Sacred by noted Church historian James Hitchcock. Published in 1974, Hitchcock's outstanding book argues for a recov...

"Thus let the voice gradually cease to perform its function as the soul progresses towards Christ." ~Saint Augustine With his latest book, The Power of Silence...

Surfing the Internet this time of year, a Christian reader will frequently stumble upon pious recommendations that start with, “As the retail world begins to ce...

History has not been kind to Queen Mary I of England. She has a famous drink named after her of course, but in 2016, it's unlikely that many know much more abou...

There's a poignent moment in George Orwell's classic 1984 when the protagonist, Winston Smith, reflects on the surreal state of affairs under the dictatorship o...