by Kevin Bauder | Mar 8, 2018 | America, Bauder's Reading, Central Blog, Culture, Faculty Publications, Reviews, What We're Reading
Douglas R. McLachlan. Thirsting for Authenticity: Calling the Church to Robust Christianity. St. Michael, MN: Reference Point Publishers, 2017. 394 pages. Back in the 1990s Douglas McLachlan published a helpful critique of fundamentalism entitled Reclaiming Authentic...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 30, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, Education, Reviews
As an author who has been much reviewed, Joseph Epstein shares his frustrations over reviewers. This is an older essay, but well worth reading–particularly for students who have to write reviews. What is a good book review? A first blush answer is, I suppose,...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 11, 2017 | Art and Literature, Culture, Evangelicalism, Holiness, Modesty, Reviews
Let’s be clear. Game of Thrones is vile. I read pretty widely, even among writers I disagree with. But there are some things I won’t read. I couldn’t get more than a few chapters into Game of Thrones; I threw the entire series away. I haven’t...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Apologetics, History, Islam, Reviews
Joel Zartman reviews the book by Robert R. Reilly. The discussion ranges from Al Ghazali’s Incoherence of the Philosophers to Christian Presuppositionalism.
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 6, 2017 | America, Culture, Politics, Reviews
I have yet to read Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option. It’s on my list. It’s on my Kindle. But I have other things to do first. Doug Wilson has read The Benedict Option. And he has opined about it. As usual, his opinion is worth reading. And startling....
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 25, 2017 | Faculty Publications, Fundamentalism, Reviews
The review is in the June, 2016 number of Church History. You can see a preview here.
