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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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32.6—November/December 2019
An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson
29.5—Sept/Oct 2016
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Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen
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From Heavenly Harmony
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Contours of Culture
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24.3 — May/June 2011
Gilbert Meilaender's The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis
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The Matter at Hand
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15.7 — September 2002
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Latter-Day Paper Trail
Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet by John G. Turner
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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
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
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38.3 — May/Jun, 2025
Down But Not Out
Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream by Timothy S. Goeglein
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