The Ordinary Virtues: Moral Order in a Divided World by Michael Ignatieff

There are two major things with which humanity has to contend: globalization and division. The world is more inter-connected than ever before by international trade, transport networks including aviation, and highly sophisticated global communication systems. At the same time, conflict is widespread. According to the 2025 Global Peace Index (Global Peace Index Map » The […]

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Howards End by E. M. Forster

A meticulously-observed drama of class warfare, E.M. Forster’s ​Howards End explores the conflict inherent within English society, unveiling the character of a nation as never before. A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen

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Friedrich Schleiermacher: Between Enlightenment and Romanticism by Richard Crouter

Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834, Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)) looms large for anyone interested in systematic theology. Indeed he is widely regarded as the founder of modern Protestant theology, and is required reading in schools of Divinity. In this book, Richard Crouter argues that Schleiermacher’s theology is best understood by examining his position

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Ideas: A History From Fire To Freud by Peter Watson

Nobody could accuse Peter Watson (Biography – Peter Watson, author) of lack of ambition. In this 1152 page book the author presents the history of human thought between two covers. The story begins nearly two million years ago with the invention of hand-axes and explores how some of our most cherished notions might have originated

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The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald

Published originally in German as Die Ringe des Saturn. Eine englische Wallfahrt (1995), translated as The Rings of Saturn (1998) – with its curious archive of photographs – records a walking tour in August 1992 of the East Anglian coast and in Suffolk. Many observations and subjects enter the mind of its narrator Winfried Georg Sebald (1944-2001) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Sebald and W. G.

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