Lee Oser. Christian Humanism in Shakespeare: A Study in Religion and Literature. Washington DC: Catholic University Press, 2022. “Shakespeare may or may not have been a Christian…
Throughout the Christian world, except in Germanic-language countries, Easter is known as Passover. The Passover, of course, is a Jewish holy festival—it marks the deliverance of the…
Roderick Beaton. The Greeks: A Global History. New York: Basic Books, 2021. The Greeks started it all. Or at least part of it all. Greece occupies…
Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai. Edited by Jeffrey Bloom, Alec Goldstein, and Gil Student. New York: Kodesh Press, 2022. Let’s begin with a story. As an undergraduate…
Yoseop Ra. Paul, The Founder of Christianity. Eugene: OR, Resource Publications, 2021. I have said in another review on a recent book on the Apostle Paul…
David Christian Clausen. Meet Paul Again for the First Time: Jewish Apostle of Pagan Redemption. Eugene: OR, 2021. The Apostle Paul’s shadow looms large over Christianity…
VoegelinView editor Paul Krause joined Erich Prince, the editor of Merion West, on his podcast Open With Erich Prince to discuss VoegelinView, Eric Voegelin, the artistic and…
Noah Charney. The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. “Rivalry, scandal, and shock…
Roger Scruton. Confessions of a Heretic. Kendal, UK: Notting Hill, 2021. “Heretic might seem like a strong word to describe Roger Scruton,” writes Douglas Murray in…
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine shouldn’t cause us to lose sight of another battle: the gifts of Russia are not exclusive to that country and a dark…
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is considered a passionate love story, a “tale of love that is stronger than death,” centering around the generational story of Catherine Earnshaw,…
Alessandro Barbero. Dante: A Life. Translated by Allan Cameron. New York: Pegasus Books, 2022. Dante Alighieri is the most famous Italian of all time. He is…
Social Justice & Subsidiarity: Luigi Taparelli and the Origins of Modern Catholic Social Thought. Thomas Behr. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2019. “In the…
It is said that the Oresteia is the ancient world’s Divine Comedy, with some justification. Originally a four-part play, only three pieces of the movement survive: Agamemnon,…
2021 has come and gone and a new year now calls us forth. First, I want to thank Lee Trepanier for his years of service as editor…