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Matt Smith
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No: if anything, the liberal democracies of the West are abandoning the very values that were once known as the Judeo-Christian tradition. The family, the community, the sanctity of human life, the concept of an objective set of moral values, the idea of a covenant linking the present to the past—these are ideals in danger, not reigning orthodoxies
... See moreJonathan Sacks • A Letter in the Scroll: Understanding Our Jewish Identity and Exploring the Legacy of the World's Oldest Religion
good blood and a good disposition. One
William Maxwell • So Long, See You Tomorrow: Virtage International Edition (Vintage International)
Crossing the Line: The explosive inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines
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Each week, I write my required essay and trudge to my tutorial—a one-on-one session with this or that brilliant and eccentric professor, beginning with the offer of sherry and snuff and ending with the strong suspicion that nothing we’ve just discussed applies to the real world.
Amaryllis Fox • Life Undercover
‘This is a book for those who are neither ashamed of being Englishmen, nor satisfied with England as it now is.’
Louise Willder • Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets
a unidirectional form of what he calls ‘unscrupulous optimism’.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
For a wise articulation of this point, see Michael Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014).
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Will Boase
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