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An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson
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What the World Needs Now It Hardly Knows by Anthony Esolen
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma
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From Heavenly Harmony
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Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011
A. J. Conyers's The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit
23.2 — March/April 2010
Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value by Julian Johnson
23.3 — May/June 2010
The Matter at Hand
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16.2 — March 2003
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
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14.2 — March 2001
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Prison Fellowship Founder Charles Colson's Final Mission for Christian Faith & Culture
book reviews
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
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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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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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38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025
Latter-Day Paper Trail
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