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An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time   “Anyone who, in our age of disbelief, longs to believe in God will find Mr. Kronman worth reading.”—Andrew Stark, Wall Street Journal  “Aims to persuade America’s ‘relentlessly rationa... Read More about After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy

An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time   “Anyone who, in our age of disbelief, longs to believe in God will find Mr. Kronman worth reading.”—Andrew Stark, Wall Street Journal  “Aims to persuade America’s ‘relentlessly rationa... Read More about After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy

In this passionate and searching book, Anthony Kronman offers a third way—beyond atheism and religion—to the God of the modern world  “An astonishing, . . . epically ambitious book. . . . An intellectual adventure story based on the notion that ideas drive history, and that to dedicate yourself... Read More about Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan

“I want to call it a cry of the heart, but it’s more like a cry of the brain, a calm and erudite one.” —Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is a threat to our democracy.College education is u... Read More about The Assault on American Excellence

A New York Times Editors’ Choice The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched students mar... Read More about The Assault on American Excellence

The question of what living is for--of what one should care about and why--is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and universities have expelled this question from their classrooms, judging it unfit for organized study. In ... Read More about Education's End