The first question that comes to mind about these two eminently sensible books is ldquo who reads them and why rdquo There must be an audience for the issues addressed Baker and O rsquo Malley rsquo s Leading With Kindness is one of an exhausting number of books on the topic Amazon lists 311 487

Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and the 'great might have been'

John Lukacs' 'Last Rites,' reviewed

Rowan Williams considers Dostoevsky's Christianity

Rowan Williams on the faith of Dostoevsky

This peppery work of apologetics is brief but covers a lot of ground William O rsquo Malley S J is shaped by 40 years of teaching at the high school and college level and currently teaches at Fordham Preparatory School in New York City His approach reminds me of C S Lewis rsquo s observation