Category: Literature
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Closing Ranks on Canon 915
Deal W. Hudson March 30, 2009 Gov. Kathleen Sebelius received some good news last week when abortionist Dr. George Tiller was found not guilty of breaking state laws regulating late-term abortion. The relationship between Tiller and Sebelius would surely have played a role in her upcoming confirmation hearings had he been found guilty. But Governor Sebelius got some bad news as…
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The Christian Review: A Guide to Writers and Readers
Deal W. Hudson December 20, 2014 We’ve received much positive feedback over the past few days since the launch of The Christian Review, including a number of inquiries from potential contributors. The “more the merrier” is our attitude toward both writers and readers. Rather than publishing a style sheet or mission statement, we offer this…
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My Top 25 Recommended Audiobooks, The Best of the Best
Deal W. Hudson June 16, 2016 Good books become even better when read aloud by a skilled performer. A recent example is the recording by famed British actor, Edward Fox, of Anthony Trollope’s The Warden, the first of the Barchester novels. Fox’s deep-voiced, droll delivery has opened Trollope’s world to me as never before. Homer, the…
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The Christian Review — A Guide to Readers and Writers
Deal W. Hudson Published December 20, 2014 We’ve received much positive feedback over the past few days since the launch of The Christian Review, including a number of inquiries from potential contributors. The “more the merrier” is our attitude toward both writers and readers. Rather than publishing a style sheet or mission statement, we offer…
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Why a Christian Review?
Deal W. Hudson December 17, 2014 The aim of practical criticism as embodied in the book review, the movie review, or the music review is pedagogic, and must be so without apology. When well-written, informed, and insightful, reviews instruct all of us in how to better understand what we have read, seen, or heard, or…
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100+ of the Best Catholic Novels
Deal W. Hudson December 6, 2014 The purpose of this list is merely to recommend good books your may or may not be familiar with. I appreciate lists of this kind and look for them at the end of each year to catch up on year’s books I may have missed — which is usually…
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Marion Montgomery’s Summa: A Journey through the American Mind
Deal W. Hudson Readers may already be familiar with the name Marion Montgomery. For many years his articles have appeared regularly in Modern Age, Hillsdale Review, This World, and Chronicles, and Crisis recently published his comment on “De-construction and Eric Voegelin” (June 1988). But the growth of Montgomery’s reputation has been spurred by the publication…
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