Birmingham’s book is brilliant. Brilliant prose. It is full of brilliant biographical, historical, and cultural narrative. He brings the world Fyodor Dostoevsky inhabited to life and shows how Dostoevsky turned that world into a gripping novel about human nature, ideas, crime, and evil. But it is not only about Dostoevsky’s life and novel, but also […]
Friday, 01 July, 2022 by Justin McGeary
To Think Christianly: A History of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center MovementBy Charles CothermanIVP Academic, 2020320 pages (hardcover), $35.00 Evangelicals are familiar with well-branded campus ministries such as Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ), InterVarsity, Navigators, and Veritas Forum that have played significant roles in shaping evangelical youth during their college years. Evangelicals […]
Wednesday, 01 September, 2021 by Justin McGeary
“Religion is not in a robust state of health in modern civilization. Vast multitudes, particularly in industrial and urban centers, live without seeking its sanctions for their actions and die without claiming its comforts in their extremities.” Reinhold Neibuhr, quote on p. 156 The mid-20th century New York theologian Niebuhr’s concern for religion’s modern destiny […]
Monday, 11 January, 2021 by Justin McGeary