Todd C. Ream

The following was originally published in The Journal Gazette on August 4, 2023. By the measure of history, the cycle of cynicism gripping our culture is not fatal. While painful, we are not the first to grapple with such a plague of the heart, mind and…

Originally published in American Magazine on April 20, 2023. The secularization of Protestant higher education in the United States was the result of incremental dalliances with secular culture that took at least a century to reveal their full weight and impact. The secularization of Catholic higher…

The following is a book review by Todd C. Ream published in the Journal Gazette on December 4, 2022. A surprising number of bookshelves in homes across the country display copies of William J. Bennett’s “The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories.”…

The goal isn’t merely getting closer to God... (Originally published in Christianity Today, September/October 2017.)

Elizabeth D. Samet's “Looking for the Good War” is a worthy exploration of not only how we remember events such as the attack on Pearl Harbor but also whether we do so well. The ways we make subsequent decisions, and the lives in the balance,…