Biblical Terms for “Ritual”

by Peter J. Leithart

The Bible has no specific word that matches the English “ritual.” What might that mean? Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2016 0

Weber's Liberal Protestantism

by Peter J. Leithart

Liberal Protestantism set the terms for Weber's theories of secularization and disenchantment. Continue Reading »

27 Apr 2016 0

Justice and Faith in Acts

by Peter J. Leithart

Paul speaks of “justification” and “faith” in unusual ways in Acts. Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2016 0

Protestant Individualism?

by Peter J. Leithart

The Book of Common Prayer doesn't turn worshiper inward, but disciplines the turgid interior with common acts of external devotion. Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2016 0

No Longer

by Peter J. Leithart

Desolate or descending from heaven, the city is where old things are “no longer.” Continue Reading »

26 Apr 2016 0

Sons of Levi

by Peter J. Leithart

Untangling the genealogy of Levi. Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2016 0

Atoning Alms

by Peter J. Leithart

On atoning almsgiving. Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2016 0

Suffering Historiography

by Peter J. Leithart

History-writing requires an act of suffering imagination. Continue Reading »

25 Apr 2016 0

Descartes, Occasionalist

by Peter J. Leithart

Descartes's metaphysics collapses into occasionalism. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2016 0

From Ceremony to Theater

by Peter J. Leithart

In Shakespeare's dramatization, Richard II is a theatrical king. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2016 0