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The Reading Wheel Review
by Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy
Physical books are at once a conduit for conveying complex and well-developed ideas and an artifact of the time and place from which they come. While digital media has its place in social discourse, the book is an enduring piece of technology that has been one of the primary vehicles for shaping civilization. The Reading Wheel Review is an initiative designed to anchor sustained attention to books that truly matter, and to shape a substantive dialogue around them.
Episodes
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Ep. 29 | Interview with Thomas Kidd | Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, CRCD Executive Director Dr. Jordan Ballor interviews Dr. Thomas Kidd, who serves as Research Professor of Church History and the John and Sharon Yeats Endowed Chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In this conversation…
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Ep. 28 | Interview with Mark David Hall | Did America Have a Christian Founding?
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, CRCD Executive Director Jordan Ballor interviews Mark David Hall, who serves as a professor in Regent University’s Robertson School of Government, director of the CRCD’s Religious Liberty in the States project, and a senior research fellow at CRCD.…
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Ep. 27 | Interview with Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug | Phillis Wheatley's Complete Writings
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, CRCD Executive Director Dr. Jordan Ballor interviews Dr. Kirstin Birkhaug. Dr. Birkhaug serves as a research fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy and an assistant professor of political science at Hope College. Her conversation…
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Ep. 26 | Interview with Matthew Spalding | The Making of the American Mind
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Matthew Spalding, the Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government and the Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at...
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Ep. 25 | Interview with Jeff Polet | The Federalist Papers
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Jeff Polet, Director of the Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. Their discussion focuses on The...
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Ep. 24 | Interview with Erik Matson | The Wealth of Nations
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Erik Matson, Gibbons Fellow in Economics at the Catholic University of America and co-director of the Adam Smith Program at George…
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Ep. 23 | Interview with Jana Novak | Washington's God
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Jana Novak, co-author of Washington’s God: Religion, Liberty, and the Father of Our Country. Continuing the Reading Wheel Review’s…
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Ep. 22 | Interview with Daniel L. Dreisbach | Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Daniel L. Dreisbach of American University in Washington, D.C. They discuss Dreisbach’s book, Reading the Bible with the Founding...
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Ep. 21 | Interview with Paul Marshall | Called to Be Friends, Called to Serve
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Paul Marshall, Wilson Professor of Religious Freedom at Baylor University. They discuss Marshall’s book, Called to Be Friends, Called…
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Addendum | Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning
In this special “addendum” edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Jenna A. Robinson, president of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. They discuss Russell Kirk’s book,...
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Ep. 20 | Interview with Luke Sheahan | The Social Philosophers
In this episode, CRCD Executive Director Dr. Jordan Ballor interviews Dr. Luke C. Sheahan, associate professor of political science at Duquesne University. They discuss Robert Nisbet's classic work The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought. This wide-ranging conversation...
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Ep. 19 | Interview with Melissa Moschella | Ethics, Politics, and Natural Law
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice of philosophy at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame.…
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Addendum | Interview with Hunter Baker | Postliberal Protestants
In this addendum edition of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, interviews Dr. Hunter Baker, who serves as provost and dean of the faculty at North Greenville University as well as a senior fellow at the...
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Ep. 18 | Interview with Miles Smith | Religion and Republic
In this edition of the Reading Wheel Review podcast, Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, interviews Miles Smith, an assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College and author of Religion & Republic: Christian America from the...
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Ep. 17 | Interview with Jeff Mateer | To Kill a Mockingbird
This month marks the 65th anniversary of the original publication of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. On this episode, First Liberty’s Chief Legal Officer Jeff Mateer joins Dr. Jordan Ballor, executive director of the CRCD, to discuss the book's important themes, lessons, and inspiration, as...
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Ep. 16 | Interview with Stephen Presley | Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church
In this episode, we engage with Dr. Stephen Presley’s Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church: Recovering an Ancient Vision. Dr. Presley is director of education and engagement as well as senior fellow for religion & public life at the CRCD. He is also professor of church history at the...
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Ep. 15 | Interview with John D. Wilsey | Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer
In this month’s episode of the Reading Wheel Review, Dr. John D. Wilsey, a senior fellow at the CRCD and professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, sits down with the CRCD’s director of research Dr. Jordan Ballor to discuss some of the key features of his recent book, Religious...
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Ep. 14 | Interview with Gerald McDermott | Deep Anglicanism: A Brief Guide
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Gerald McDermott about his book, Deep Anglicanism: A Brief Guide.
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Ep. 13 | Interview with Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah J. Watson | Hopeful Realism
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Bryan T. McGraw, Jesse Covington, and Micah J. Watson about their book, Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics.
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Ep. 12 | Interview with Catherine Ruth Pakaluk | Hannah's Children
In this final issue of the inaugural year of the Reading Wheel Review, CRCD executive director Trey Dimsdale interviews Dr. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk, a Harvard-trained economist and professor at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America and a senior fellow at the CRCD. They...
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Ep. 11 | Interview with Carl Trueman | To Change All Worlds
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Carl Trueman about his newly released book, To Change All Worlds: Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse.
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Ep. 10 | Interview with Ruth Wisse | If I Am Not For Myself
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Ruth Wisse about her book, If I am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews.
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Ep. 9 | Interview with Katharine Birbalsingh | The Michaela Way
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Katharine Birbalsingh about her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way.
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Ep. 8 | Interview with Daniel Mark | The Nature of Law
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Dr. Daniel Mark about his book, The Nature of Law: Authority, Obligation, and the Common Good.
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Ep. 7 | Interview with Mark David Hall | Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale talks with Mark David Hall about his book, Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church.
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Ep. 6 | Interview with John Arthur Nunes | W. E. B. DuBois’s The Gift of Black Folk
In this episode, Trey Dimsdale and CRCD’s senior fellow John Arthur Nunes discuss W. E. B. DuBois’s The Gift of Black Folk. Nunes is currently serving as interim president at California Lutheran University.
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Ep. 5 | Interview with Michael Wear | The Spirit of Our Politics
This episode features a special interview with Michael Wear, the founder of the Center for Christianity in Public Life about his new book, The Spirit of Our Politics. The conversation between Michael and the CRCD’s executive director, Trey Dimsdale, mentions a review of the book published in the...
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Ep. 4 | Interview with Stephen Pressley | Cultural Sanctification
Dr. Stephen Presley, senior fellow in religion and public life at the CRCD and author of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church, joins CRCD executive director Trey Dimsdale for an engaging discussion on bridging divides, engaging the world, and building and preserving...
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Ep. 3 | Interview with Francis Beckwith | Never Doubt Thomas
This episode features a discussion with Francis Beckwith regarding his book, Never Doubt Thomas: The Catholic Aquinas as Evangelical and Protestant. This month marks the 750th anniversary of the death of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Christian faith’s most influential theologians. Trey Dimsdale...
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Ep. 2 | Interview with Kevin Vallier | All the Kingdoms of the World
This episode features a discussion of Kevin Vallier’s All the Kingdoms of the World. Vallier is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University.
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Ep. 1 | Interview with Mark Dooley | Sir Roger Scruton's Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition
This month, Dr. Mark Dooley joins us to discuss the work of the late Sir Roger Scruton. Mark is an Irish philosopher who has the honor of being Sir Roger’s literary executor. He is the author or editor of several books related to Sir Roger’s life and legacy including an intellectual biography,...
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Physical books are at once a conduit for conveying complex and well-developed ideas and an artifact of the time and place from which they come. While digital media has its place in social discourse, the book is an enduring piece of technology that has been one of the primary vehicles for shaping civilization. The Reading Wheel Review is an initiative designed to anchor sustained attention to books that truly matter, and to shape a substantive dialogue around them.
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