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Christian Love vs. Modern Humanitarianism by Matthew B. Crawford
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Where Our Affections & Civilization Are Cultivated by Mark T. Mitchell
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Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously reviewed by Russell T. Warne
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Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
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Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
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Do You Know Your Child’s Doctor?
The Politicization of Pediatrics in America by Alexander F. C. Webster
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Contours of Culture
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Colin Gunton's The One, the Three and the Many: God, Creation and the Culture of Modernity
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The Matter at Hand
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Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
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38.5 — Sept/Oct, 2025
The Scope of the Pope
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023 by John M. Rist
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38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Our One Faith
Light from Light: A Theological Reflection on the Nicene Creed by Robert Barron
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