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May 18, 2024 Merri

REVIEW: Ordered by Love – Thomas M. Ward (Angelico Press, 2022)

Thomas Ward offers a brief but intriguing look at the thought of Bl. John Duns Scotus, the great Catholic scholastic and theologian.

Books Reviews

February 18, 2024 Merri

REVIEW: Rainbow Body and Resurrection – Fr. Francis V. Tiso (2016, North Atlantic Books)

Francis Tiso examines the phenomenon of the rainbow body and draws theoretical comparisons to the Christian doctrine of resurrection. Or, what exactly is happening to mystics in Tibet?

Books Reviews

April 1, 2023 Merri

REVIEW: Confessions of a Mask – Yukio Mishima (1949; 1958, New Directions)

With his second novel, Mishima made landfall in the West. The book is far more about the mask, however, than the confessions.

Books Reviews

January 27, 2023 Merri

REVIEW: The Passenger & Stella Maris – Cormac McCarthy (Alfred Ak. Knopf, 2022)

In his first major work in sixteen years, Cormac McCarthy attempts to reckon the length and breadth of existence in The Passenger.

Books Commentary Reviews

July 28, 2022 Merri

The Hobbit: An Answer to Turin

In The Hobbit, Tolkien famously depicts a children’s story about an adventuring English bachelor, but beneath this is a meditation on providence.

Books Commentary Reviews

June 13, 2022 Merri

Tragedy, Providence, and Sin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Children of Hurin

Known as probably Tolkien’s darkest work, The Children of Hurin illustrates well the relationship between sin, providence, and tragedy.

Books Reviews

April 2, 2022 Merri

REVIEW: The Virgin Shall Give Birth – Fr. John Lawrence M. Polis, FI (Academy of the Immaculate, 2022)

Fr. Polis offers a detailed overview of the Scotistic doctrines associated with the Virgin Birth in this eminently readable but thorough volume.

Books Reviews

June 12, 2021 Merri

REVIEW: The Last Closet – Moira Greyland (Castalia House, 2018)

The daughter of established fantasy writer Marion Zimmer Bradley details her experiences as an abuse victim and the twisted ideology of her free love-addicted abusers.