Peter J. Leithart is President of the Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, and an adjunct Senior Fellow at New St. Andrews College. He is author, most recently, of Gratitude: An Intellectual History (Baylor).
On the structures of the Fairie Queene. Continue Reading »
50 Shades of Grey tells an old story of male redemption. Continue Reading »
Rituals aren't just exercises of power on bodies. They engage minds as well. Continue Reading »
Cultural theory is politically invested in challenging the normative aspects of society. Continue Reading »
The theory of divine “accommodation” can explain away the text rather than illuminating it. Continue Reading »
Wales loomed large in Elizabethan England. Continue Reading »
On the Reformers' efforts to hold the Reformation together. Continue Reading »
Confessionalization lead to professionalization; professionalization to assertions of state power. Continue Reading »
Faced with aggressive secularism and postmodern fragmentation, Christians are tempted to go tribal. We must recognize that it is a temptation. Continue Reading »
If the Church is going to face the challenges of this new century, she will have to face them as a united Church. Nothing has so weakened our witness as our tragic divisions. Nothing has made the Gospel so implausible, if not preposterous. Division has deprived us of the weapons we need for the spiritual battles that are on the horizon. Continue Reading »
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