The next issue of the Saint Austin Review will be winging its way to the printer next week. It’s on the theme of “American Faith & Culture”. Here’s a sneak preview of some of the highlights:

Somewhat incongruously in an American theme issue, Joseph Pearce poses the question: “What is England?”

James MacGuire investigates whether a descendent of the “secret wife” of George IV is an American heir to the British throne.

Aaron Urbanczyk considers James Fennimore Cooper’s Deerslayer as an American national epic.

Jeanette Amestoy Flood looks at forgiveness and sympathetic Catholicism in the novels of Henry James.

Thomas Francis Lombardi discusses “Wallace Stevens and the Celestial Possible”.

Michael M. Jordan enjoys “Conversations with Robert Frost”.

Father Lawrence Porter examines portraits of St. Jerome, St. Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell in New York’s Frick Collection.

Ricky J. McRoskey admires the presence of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in “America’s Tallest City”.

Kathleen St. Hilaire interviews sculptor Márton Váró about his newest work, “The Annunciation”.

Kevin O’Brien considers Americans who have “too much culture and too little faith”.

Father Dwight Longenecker analyzes the presence of “propaganda, protest and patriotism” in Hollywood films.

James Bemis enthuses about the film version of Ben Hur.

Father Benedict Kiely makes a case for kneeling.

Patrick G.D. Riley remembers the reformed “Abortion King”, Bernard Nathanson.

Susan Treacy highlights the influence of Gustav Mahler on American music.

Thomas Howard, a good Catholic, admires “bad Catholics”.

Aaron Urbanczyk enjoys Flannery O’Connor’s “Spiritual Journey”.

New poetry by Mark Amorose.

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