Beyond Tenebrae is about Christian humanism in all its breadth and depth, and the persons and groups best embodying it in the last century and a half. Readers who sense the greatness of the "Republic of Letters" that has endured for over two millennia will benefit from being introduced to the great men and women presented in these pages.

BRADLEY J. BIRZER is Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and professor of history, Hillsdale College. He also spent one academic year as the Conservative Scholar at CU-Boulder. He is author of books on J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Russell Kirk, Christopher Dawson, and Neil Peart. He is also author of Angelico's Beyond Tenebrae: Christian Humanism in the Twilight of the West. He and his wife Dedra have seven children, one dog and several cats, and split their year between Michigan and South Dakota.