BOOK SHELF Three new book releases
The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them, by Owen Strachan (Washington, DC: Salem Books, 2023). Hardcover: 256 pages. ISBN: 978-1684514458. RRP: $US30.00
The war on men is a war on civilisation. Strong men are not "toxic". If they go away, evil men take their place, and weak men offer no resistance.
The idea that masculine men — assertive, risk-taking, single-minded — are a problem to be solved threatens our whole society. The cultural elites cheering the decline of men are trying to erase God's design for half of the human race — the half that historically provides, protects and leads for the good of others. The disappearance of the masculine ideal is bad news for men, and it's terrible news for women.
Male or female, if you want to understand manhood better, this book is for you. It's for struggling sons, disillusioned friends, discouraged co-workers, confused college students, disheartened grandfathers, concerned mothers, and everyone in between.
Truth Changes Everything: How People of Faith Can Transform the World in Times of Crisis, by Jeff Myers (Ada, Michigan: Baker, 2022). Paperback: 256 pages. ISBN: 9781540900371. RRP: $US18.00
In this inspiring book, Dr Jeff Myers, president of Summit Ministries near Colorado Springs, distinguishes the Christian view of absolute truth from modern relativism and then shows how most of what we hold sacred in our country was initiated by people motivated by their faith in Christ and their commitment to truth. These determined and often quirky figures led the way in human dignity, science, art, medicine, education, politics, justice, and even the idea of meaningful work.
Dr Myers celebrates both Catholic and Protestant movers and shakers, such as Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), William Harvey (1578-1657), Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Vivaldi (1678-1741), Groen van Prinsterer (1801-1876) and Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920).
The Unlucky Country, by Augusto Zimmermann and Gabriël Moens AM (Locke Press, 2023). Paperback: 20 chapters. RRP: $AUD39.95
Inspired by Donald Horne's iconic book published in 1964, the authors of The Unlucky Country document how Australia has now been transformed, over a relatively short period of time, into an 'Unlucky Country'.
Authors Professor Augusto Zimmermann and Emeritus Professor Gabriël Moens AM remind readers of the values of Australia's liberal tradition that have been neglected and even despised by the ruling illiberal elites — particularly values such as freedom of religion and speech.
They chronicle the secularisation of Australia, the decline of Australia's educational standards, the attacks on marriage and the family, and the growing power of 'woke' ideology and climate alarmism in politics, the judiciary, universities and corporate boardrooms.
