1. Introduction -- 2. The Life of Russell Kirk -- Early Years -- Life in Academe -- Scholar and Squire -- Politics -- Evening -- 3. Russell Kirk's Beliefs -- The Conservative Mind -- Intellectual Influences -- Education -- Economics -- Libertarianism -- Neoconservatism -- Foreign Policy -- Multiculturalism -- Kirk's Christianity -- Church and State -- Natural Law -- Democracy, Aristocracy, and the American Founding -- Summation -- 4. Reception of His Writings -- Kirk vs. Jaffa -- America's British Culture -- The Sword of Imagination -- Negative Responses -- Fiction -- Epilogue -- 5. The Relevance of Kirk -- The Relevance of Kirk as Seen by Others -- How and Why -- Keeping Lit the Flame.