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“Solzhenitsyn and Russia's Golgotha.”
(Review of The Solzhenitsyn Reader by Edited by Ericson, Edward E./ Mahoney, Daniel J.)

John Couretas. Spring 2007.

“Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics.”
(Review of Rediscovering the Natural Law in Reformed Theological Ethics by Stephen Grabill)

Sarah Salb. Winter 2007.

“From the Gulag to the Killing Fields.”
(Review of From the Gulag to the Killing Fields by Paul Hollander, ed.)

John Couretas. Fall 2006.

“There’s No Such Thing as “Business” Ethics.”
(Review of There’s No Such Thing as “Business” Ethics by John. C. Maxwell)

Sarah Salb. Summer 2006.

“The Right To Be Wrong: Ending the Culture War over Religion in America.”
(Review of The Right To Be Wrong: Ending the Culture War over Religion in America by Kevin Seamus Hasson)

William Perales. Spring 2006.

“Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis.”
(Review of Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis by Jimmy Carter)

David M. Phelps. Winter 2006.

“Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture.”
(Review of Behind the Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture by Edited by Spencer Lewerenz and Barbara Nicolosi)

Acton Staff. Autumn 2005.

“John Paul II Remembers the Twentieth Century.”
(Review of Memory and Identity: Conversations at the Dawn of a Millenium by Pope John Paul II)

David M. Phelps. Summer 2005.

“The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom.”
(Review of The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky)

Rev. Johannes Jacobse. Summer 2005.

“Exit Truth, Enter Tyranny.”
(Review of Time for Truth: Living Free in a World of Lies, Hype, & Spin by Os Guinness)

Eduardo J. Echeverria, Ph.D.. September and October 2004.

“Weaver's Southern Christendom.”
(Review of Steps Toward Restoration: The Consequences of Richard Weaver's Ideas by Ted J. Smith III, ed.)

Robert C Cheeks. July and August 2004.

“Freedom Undone in the Court.”
(Review of The Supremacists: The Tyranny of Judges and How to Stop It by Phyllis Schlafly)

Stephen J. Wolma, J.D.. July and August 2004.

“Law, Naturally.”
(Review of Natural Law and Human Dignity: Universal Ethics in an Historical World by Eberhard Schockenhoff)

John Coleman. May and June 2004.

“Spending Spiritually.”
(Review of Taking Care of Business: Establishing A Financial Legacy For the African American Family by Lee Jenkins)

Megan Maloney. May and June 2004.

“Technology, Culture, and Christianity.”
(Review of Power Failure: Christianity in the Culture of Technology by Albert Borgmann)

Jordan J. Ballor. January and February 2004.

“The Market, the Needy, and the Argument.”
(Review of Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny by Doug Bandow and David L. Schindler, editors)

Megan Maloney. January and February 2004.

“Democracy Does Not Ensure Liberty.”
(Review of The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad by Fareed Zakaria)

Alberto Mingardi. November and December 2003.

“An Orthodox View of Contemporary Economics, Politics, and Culture.”
(Review of Facing the World: Orthodox Christian Essays on Global Concerns by Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos))

John Couretas. September and October 2003.

“God, Reason, and the Law.”
(Review of The First Grace: Rediscovering the Natural Law in a Post-Christian World by Russell Hittinger)

Oskari Juurikkala. July and August 2003.

“Character for Free.”
(Review of Personal Character and National Destiny by Harold B. Jones, Jr.)

Ryan Richardson. July and August 2003.

“Conservatism, Socratically and Succinctly.”
(Review of Letters to a Young Conservative by Dinesh D'Souza)

Jana Novak. May and June 2003.

“A First Amendment Primer.”
(Review of Fundamental Liberties of a Free People: Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly by Milton Ridvas Konvitz)

Michael Lee. May and June 2003.

“Human Dignity and the Limits of Liberty.”
(Review of Life, Liberty and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics by Leon R. Kass)

John Bolt. March and April 2003.

“Hot Topics in Economics.”
(Review of Bulls, Bears, and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics by John E. Stapleford)

Rodolpho Carrasco. November and December 2002.

“Creation of Wealth.”
(Review of Creation of Wealth: Recovering a Christian Understanding of Money, Work, and Ethics by Fred Catherwood)

Stephen J. Wolma, J.D.. November and December 2002.

“Marriage Woes.”
(Review of The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families by James Q. Wilson)

Brian C. Anderson. September and October 2002.

“Founding Faith.”
(Review of On Two Wings: Humble Faith and Common Sense at the American Founding by Michael Novak)

Lucas E. Morel. July and August 2002.

“Rising to the Challenge of Modern Capitalism (Or Not).”
(Review of Christianity Incorporated: How Big Business Is Buying the Church by Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow)

Marc D. Guerra. May and June 2002.

“Tracing the Matrix of Nationalism and Capitalism.”
(Review of The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth by Liah Greenfeld)

Kevin E. Schmiesing, Ph.D.. May and June 2002.

“A Humanist for Our Time.”
(Review of Wilhelm Röpke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist by John Zmirak)

Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.. March and April 2002.

“Environmental Virtues—and Vices.”
(Review of For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care by Steven Bouma-Prediger)

Robert Royal, Ph.D.. March and April 2002.

“What Is Common about the Common Good?.”
(Review of He Shines in All That's Fair: Culture and Common Grace by Richard J. Mouw)

Gregory Dunn. January and February 2002.

“Fighting Poverty with Virtue.”
(Review of Fighting Poverty with Virtue: Moral Reform and America's Poor, 1825–2000 by Joel Schwartz)

Matthew Spalding. January and February 2002.

“Christian Faith and Modern Democracy.”
(Review of Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World by Robert P. Kraynak)

Ken Masugi. November and December 2001.

“Globalization and the Kingdom of God.”
(Review of Globalization and the Kingdom of God by Bob Goudzwaard)

Peter J. Hill. November and December 2001.

“More Money, More Ministry.”
(Review of More Money, More Ministry: Money and Evangelicals in Recent North American History by Edited by Larry Eskridge and Mark A. Noll)

John R. Schneider. September and October 2001.

“Why a Free Society Needs the Family.”
(Review of Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn’t Work by Jennifer Roback Morse)

Brian C. Anderson. September and October 2001.

“The Second One Thousand Years.”
(Review of The Second One Thousand Years: Ten People Who Defined a Millennium by edited by Richard John Neuhaus)

Michael R. Stevens. July and August 2001.

“Citizen Kuyper: Born-Again American.”
(Review of A Free Church, A Holy Nation: Abraham Kuyper's American Public Theology by John Bolt)

Lucas E. Morel. July and August 2001.

“The Personalism of John Paul II.”
(Review of Challenging the Modern World: Karol Woytyla/John Paul II and the Development of Catholic Social Teaching by Samuel Gregg)

Richard C. Bayer. May and June 2001.

“The Splendor of Faith.”
(Review of The Splendor of Faith: The Theological Vision of Pope John Paul II by Avery Dulles)

Michel Therrian. May and June 2001.

“Environmental Piety No Substitute for Technique.”
(Review of The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action by edited by R. J. Berry)

Matthew Carolan. March and April 2001.

“Tempted by Affluence?.”
(Review of Lead Us into Temptation:The Triumph of American Materialism by James B. Twitchell)

Samuel Gregg, D.Phil.. March and April 2001.

“Bobos in Paradise.”
(Review of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks)

Gregory Dunn. January and February 2001.

“Fraternal Societies and Social Concern.”
(Review of From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 by David T. Beito)

D. Eric Schansberg. January and February 2001.

“Thomas More's Correspondence on Conscience.”
(Review of The Last Letters of Thomas More by edited by Alvaro De Silva)

Marc D. Guerra. November and December 2000.

“Making the American Self.”
(Review of Making the American Self: Jonathon Edwards to Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Walker Howe)

Ingrid A. Merikoski. November and December 2000.

“The Everyday Ethics of Work.”
(Review of Working: Its Meaning and Its Limits by edited by Gilbert C. Meilaender)

John R. Schneider. September and October 2000.

“The American Paradox.”
(Review of The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty by David G. Myers)

D. Eric Schansberg. September and October 2000.

“Calvin and Locke Fight for Lincoln's Soul.”
(Review of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President by Allen C. Guelzo)

Lucas E. Morel. July and August 2000.

“Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery.”
(Review of Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery by John Mueller)

Glenn Ellmers. May and June 2000.

“In Search of the Historian of Freedom.”
(Review of Lord Acton by Roland Hill; Foreword by Owen Chadwick)

Ingrid A. Merikoski. May and June 2000.

“A Declaration of the Rights of Land.”
(Review of A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold)

Marc D. Guerra. March and April 2000.

“Prophet or Siren? Ron Sider's Continued Influence.”
(Review of Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America by edited by Alvaro De Silva)

Paul A. Mastin. January and February 2000.

“'We Were Wrong!' Yes: Hook Then, Slice Now.”
(Review of Blinded by Might: Can the Religious Right Save America? by Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson)

John Bolt. November and December 1999.

“Chronicle of a Modern Christian Radical.”
(Review of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel)

Rev. Robert A. Sirico. November and December 1999.

“Biblical Theology and the Non-Abundant Life.”
(Review of Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Material Possessions by Craig L. Blomberg)

John R. Schneider. September and October 1999.

“Francis Fukuyama's Unhappy Optimism.”
(Review of The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order by Francis Fukuyama)

Marc D. Guerra. July and August 1999.

“Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment.”
(Review of Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment by Charles L. Griswold, Jr.)

Ingrid A. Merikoski. July and August 1999.

“What a Natural Rights Regime Requires.”
(Review of The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law by Randy E. Barnett)

David F. Forte. May and June 1999.

“A Humane Economy.”
(Review of A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market by Wilhelm Röpke)

D. Eric Schansberg. May and June 1999.

“Remember the Scriptures.”
(Review of Remember Creation: God's World of Wonder and Delight by Scott Hoezee)

E. Calvin Beisner. March and April 1999.

“Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor.”
(Review of Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor by Leonardo Boff)

John-Peter Pham. March and April 1999.

“Liberalism Versus Community?.”
(Review of The Essential Communitarian Reader by Amitai Etzioni, editor)

Douglas B. Rasmussen. January and February 1999.

“Jacques Maritain.”
(Review of Jacques Maritain: The Philosopher in Society by James V. Schall, S.J.)

Glenn Ellmers. November and December 1998.

“Discovering the Weight of Glory.”
(Review of The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis by Gilbert Meilaender)

Lucas E. Morel. September and October 1998.

“Freedom and Virtue.”
(Review of Freedom and Virtue: The Conservative/Libertarian Debate by George W. Carey, editor)

Leonard P. Liggio. September and October 1998.

“The Evolution of Ronald J. Sider.”
(Review of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity by Ronald J. Sider)

Herbert Schlossberg. July and August 1998.

“If Aristotle Ran General Motors.”
(Review of If Aristotle Ran General Motors: The New Soul of Business by Thomas V. Morris)

Harry C. Veryser. July and August 1998.

“Setting the Record Straight.”
(Review of Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry into the Environmental Debate by E. Calvin Beisner)

Jane S. Shaw. May and June 1998.

“Enviro-Capitalists.”
(Review of Enviro-Capitalists: Doing Good While Doing Well by Terry L. Anderson and Donald R. Leal)

Gregory Dunn. May and June 1998.

“The Futility of Coerced Benevolence.”
(Review of Generosity: Virtue in Civil Society by Tibor R. Machan)

Gregory M. A. Gronbacher. March and April 1998.

“Written on the Heart.”
(Review of Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law by J. Budziszewski)

Rev. J. Michael Beers. March and April 1998.

“Wojtyla's Thought, John Paul II's Pontificate.”
(Review of Karol Wojtyla: The Thought of the Man Who Became Pope John Paul II by Rocco Buttiglione)

Derek E. Cross. January and February 1998.

“The Encyclical Legacy of John Paul II.”
(Review of The Encyclicals of John Paul II by John Paul II; J. Michael Miller, editor)

Gregory M. A. Gronbacher. November and December 1997.

“American Catholic.”
(Review of American Catholic: The Saints and Sinners Who Built America's Most Powerful Church by Charles Morris)

Rev. Paul Scalia. November and December 1997.

“A Splendid Education in Free Market Economics.”
(Review of The Freeman Classics Series by )

John Attarian. September and October 1997.

“Why America Needs Religion.”
(Review of Why America Needs Religion: Secular Modernity and Its Discontents by Guenter Lewy)

John-Peter Pham. September and October 1997.

“Evangelical Political Activism: Faith and Prudence.”
(Review of The Politics of Revelation and Reason: Religion and Civic Life in the New Nation by John G. West, Jr.)

David L. Weeks. July and August 1997.

“Capitalism.”
(Review of Capitalism: A Complete and Integrated Understanding of the Nature and Value of Human Economic Life by George Reisman)

Jeffrey Tucker. July and August 1997.

“Learning Charity from an Exemplar.”
(Review of The Befriending Leader: Social Assistance Without Dependency by Octavia Hill; James L. Payne, editor)

Amy L. Sherman. May and June 1997.

“Renewing American Compassion.”
(Review of Renewing American Compassion by Marvin Olasky)

George Grant. May and June 1997.

“Earthkeeping through Markets.”
(Review of Earthkeeping in the Nineties: Stewardship of Creation by Loren Wilkinson, editor)

Peter J. Hill. March and April 1997.

“The Cross and the Rain Forest.”
(Review of The Cross and the Rain Forest: A Critique of Radical Green Spirituality by Robert Whelan, Joseph Kirwan, and Paul Haffner)

Peter A. Laird. March and April 1997.

“The Vocation of Enterprise.”
(Review of Business as a Calling: Work and the Examined Life by Michael Novak)

Conrad M. Black. January and February 1997.

“His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time.”
(Review of His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time by Carl Bernsteign and Marco Politi)

George Weigel. January and February 1997.

“In Praise of the Heroic Entrepreneur.”
(Review of The Heroic Enterprise: Business and the Common Good by John M. Hood)

Dr. Ronald H. Nash. November and December 1996.

“Gentility Recalled.”
(Review of Gentility Recalled: 'Mere' Manners and the Making of Social Order by Digby Anderson, editor)

John Attarian. November and December 1996.

“The Pope's Divisions.”
(Review of The Vatican and Communism in World War II: What Really Happened? by Robert A. Graham, SJ)

John-Peter Pham. September and October 1996.

“Double Agent for the Greens?.”
(Review of The Making of a Conservative Environmentalist by Gordon K. Durnil)

Matthew Carolan. July and August 1996.

“A Botched Look at Social Virtues.”
(Review of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity by Francis Fukuyama)

John Attarian. May and June 1996.

“The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.”
(Review of The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark A. Noll)

Herbert Schlossberg. March and April 1996.

“Making Men Moral.”
(Review of Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality by Robert P. George)

Stephen M. Krason. March and April 1996.

“The Language of Liberty, 1660-1832.”
(Review of The Language of Liberty, 1660-1832: Political Discourses and Social Dynamics in the Anglo-American World by J.C.D. Clark)

W.B. Allen. January and February 1996.

“An American in London.”
(Review of America's British Culture by Russell Kirk)

Stephen M. Krason. November and December 1995.

“Bargaining With The State.”
(Review of Bargaining With The State by Richard A. Epstein)

Dr. Ronald H. Nash. November and December 1995.

“Welfare: Separating Fact from the Rhetoric.”
(Review of Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform by Mary Jo Bane and David T. Ellwood)

Doug Bandow. September and October 1995.

“The Theme is Freedom.”
(Review of The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics and the American Tradition by M. Stanton Evans)

Charles E. Rice. July and August 1995.

“Civil Religion and Political Theology.”
(Review of Civil Religion And Political Theology by Leroy S. Rouner, editor)

Luis E. Lugo. July and August 1995.

“On Catholic Communitarianism.”
(Review of Catholicism and Liberalism: Contributions to American Public Philosophy by R. Bruce Douglass and David Hollenback, S.J., editors)

Dominic A. Aquila. May and June 1995.

“The Politics of Envy.”
(Review of The Politics of Envy by Doug Bandow)

John Attarian. May and June 1995.

“Earth in the Balance.”
(Review of Earth in the Balance by Al Gore)

Gene Healy. March and April 1995.

“Environmental Overkill.”
(Review of Environmental Overkill by Dixy Lee Ray and Lou Guzzo)

Doug Bandow. March and April 1995.

“Eco-Sanity.”
(Review of Eco-Sanity by Joseph L. Blast, Peter J. Hill, & Richard C. Rue)

John A. Baden. March and April 1995.

“Free Market Environmentalism.”
(Review of Free Market Environmentalism by Terry L. Anderson & Donald R. Leal)

Mark St. John Couhig. March and April 1995.

“When Austrians Came to America.”
(Review of Austrian Economics in America: The Migration of a Tradition by Karen I. Vaughn)

David L. Prychitko. January and February 1995.

“Candles behind the Wall.”
(Review of Candles behind the Wall by Barbara von der Heydt)

John-Peter Pham. January and February 1995.

“A Jewish Conservative Looks at Pagan America.”
(Review of A Jewish Conservative Looks at Pagan America by Don Feder)

Doug LeBlanc. November and December 1994.

“The Churching of America.”
(Review of The Churching of America, 1776-1990: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark)

Julie Ingersoll. November and December 1994.

“Beyond the New Right.”
(Review of Beyond the New Right: Markets, Government and the Common Environment by John Gray)

Ellis Sandoz. September and October 1994.

“Public Education: An Autopsy.”
(Review of Public Education: An Autopsy by Myron Lieberman)

W.B. Allen. July and August 1994.

“The Church and the Revolution.”
(Review of The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism by George Weigel)

John-Peter Pham. May and June 1994.

“With Liberty and Justice for Whom?.”
(Review of With Liberty and Justice for Whom?: The Recent Evangelical Debate Over Capitalism by Craige M. Gay)

Bruce G. Webb. May and June 1994.

“The Social Crisis of Our Time.”
(Review of The Social Crisis of Our Time by Wilhelm Röepke)

John Attarian. May and June 1994.

“Adam Smith in His Time and Ours.”
(Review of Adam Smith In His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society by Jerry Z. Muller)

William F. Campbell. March and April 1994.

“John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation.”
(Review of John Courtney Murray and the American Civil Conversation by Robert P. Hunt and Kenneth L. Grasso, editors)

Neal Fuller. March and April 1994.

“John Gray's Demolition Derby.”
(Review of Liberalisms: Essays in Political Philosophy by John Gray)

Tibor Machan. January and February 1994.

“Solzhenitsyn and the Modern World.”
(Review of Solzhenitsyn and the Modern World by Edward E. Ericson)

Herbert Schlossberg. January and February 1994.

“John Wesley's Social Ethic.”
(Review of John Wesley's Social Ethic: Praxis and Principles by Manfred Marquardt)

John Lunn. November and December 1993.

“No Longer Exiles.”
(Review of No Longer Exiles: The Religious New Right in American Politics by Michael Cromartie, editor )

Tim Coyle. November and December 1993.

“Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis.”
(Review of Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis by John C. Goodman and Gerald L. Musgrave)

John Hartnedy. September and October 1993.

“Good News for the Poor.”
(Review of Good News for the Poor: John Wesley's Evangelical Economics by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.)

Herbert Schlossberg. July and August 1993.

“The Loss of Virtue.”
(Review of The Loss of Virtue: Moral Confusion and Social Disorder in Britain and America by Digby Anderson, editor)

Rev. J. Michael Beers. May and June 1993.

“Capitalism and Christians.”
(Review of Capitalism and Christians: Tough Gospel Challenges in a Troubled World Economy by Arthur Jones)

Jeffrey Tucker. March and April 1993.

“Birth of the Modern.”
(Review of Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 by Paul Johnson)

Christian D. Kettler. January and February 1993.

“Galileo's Revenge.”
(Review of Galileo's Revenge: Junk Science in the Courtroom by Peter W. Huber)

Michael McElwee. January and February 1993.

“Understanding the Times.”
(Review of Understanding the Times: The Story of the Biblical Christian, Marxist/Leninist, and Secular Humanist Worldviews by David A. Noebel)

Todd Speidell. November and December 1992.

“Beyond Liberation Theology.”
(Review of Beyond Liberation Theology by Humberto Belli and Ronald Nash)

Rev. Robert A. Sirico. November and December 1992.

“Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour.”
(Review of Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoeck)

John Attarian. September and October 1992.

“Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership.”
(Review of Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership by James A. Autry)

William R. LaMothe. September and October 1992.

“After Ideology.”
(Review of After Ideology by David Walsh)

John Farina. July and August 1992.

“The Technological Bluff.”
(Review of The Technological Bluff by Jacques Ellul)

Christian D. Kettler. May and June 1992.

“Freedom in the Making of Western Culture.”
(Review of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture by Orland Patterson)

Doug Bandow. March and April 1992.

“The Economic Problem in Biblical and Patristic Thought.”
(Review of The Economic Problem in Biblical and Patristic Thought by Barry Gordon)

A.M.C. Waterman. January and February 1992.

“After Nature's Revolt and From Apocalypse to Genesis.”
(Review of After Nature's Revolt: Eco-Justice and Theology by Dieter Hessel, editor)

Doug Bandow. Fall Special Edition 1992.

“The Content of Our Character.”
(Review of The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America by Shelby Steele)

David Lips. November and December 1991.

“Providence and Liberty.”
(Review of Providence and Liberty by Frederic Bastiat)

Rev. Edmund A. Opitz. September and October 1991.

“Illiberal Education.”
(Review of Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex On Campus by Dinesh D'Souza)

David Lips. July and August 1991.

“A Century of Catholic Social Thought.”
(Review of A Century of Catholic Social Thought: Essays on Rerum Novarum and Nine Other Key Documents by George Weigel and Robert Royal, eds.)

Jeffrey Nelson. May and June 1991.