Alfred’s vision of Christendom is in danger of being lost, even among those who lament the direction our society is taking. Too many Christians have embraced a sacred/secular dualism that has left the public square, including the arts, in the hands of the pagans. Consequently, many do not even have the categories to know how to think critically about our society’s cultural productions. In reaction, Christians often fall into the polarities of an uncritical acceptance of our society’s emerging paganism, or else an equally uncritical rejection of all cultural artifacts that are not have an explicitly Christian worldview.

Towards the goal of defending and expanding Christendom, the Alfred the Great Society urges Christians to think critically about culture and the arts. To facilitate this, we offer reviews of films and books. The books we choose to review are those which relate specifically to our culture and which can help us to better understand the world in which we live. Our reviews of films are designed to equip us to think Christianly about what our poets are saying, whether they demonstrate the emerging paganism of our society or articulate a vision rooted in the heritage of Christendom.

• The Moral Landscape

  In this book, atheist Sam Harris tries to use brain science to construct a comprehensive theory of moral values.

• Review of Stealth Jihad

  The contemporary Islamic community has not given up the goal of radical Islam, even when it packages itself as being 'moderate.' This book shows that the phenomenon of 'moderate Islam' is a purely tactical modification at a time when it is far more effective to wage jihad by stealth.

• Review of Raising Maidens of Virtue

  This new edition of Stacy McDonald's Raising Maidens of Virtue proves to be an incredibly helpful resource for mothers and daughters.

• The Rage Against God

  In his book The Rage Against God, Peter Hitchens tells how atheism led him back to Christ.

• The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and the Corruption of Public Debate

  We are all fed up with political correctness. With tentacles that threaten to reach into every area of life, the leviathan of PC controls our politicians, biases our media and defines the limits and terms of public debate. This book does an excellent job in showing the dynamics of this strange phenomenon known as 'political correctness.'

• Review of Quivering Daughters

  The book Quivering Daughters: Hope and Healing for the Daughters of Patriarchy, deals with spiritual abuse that happens within Christian families. However, by claiming that this abuse arise from "patriarchy", and by being less clear on what is meant by this term, the book ends up creating a number of confusions and making potentially misleading accusations.

• The Bacchae

  Dionysus has haunted the landscape of the Western World since the French Revolution like an invisible sceptre, blurring antitheses and fusing opposites together. In Euripides’ tragedy The Bacchae, he comes to us in his most potent and destructive form.

• The Presbyterian Doctrine of Children in the Covenant

  The Presbyterian Doctrine of Children in the Covenant is about the significance of infant baptism in the Presbyterian Church – a significance which, Schenck suggests, was greatly altered by the revivalist tendencies of the 18th century.

• Review of Against the Protestant Gnostics

  Does American Protestantism share any affinities with the ancient heresy of Gnosticism. According to Philip Lee, the answer is yes. In his book Against the Protestant Gnostics, Lee explores a range of areas where this comparison holds true.

• Review of Passionate Housewives

  The book Passionate Housewives Desperate for God succeeds in its attempt to offer "fresh vision for the hopeful homemaker" and gets to the root of the Christian calling.