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).
The imaginary world of critical scholarship. Continue Reading »
A leader in the apartheid regime makes amends with an ancient gesture. Continue Reading »
Isaiah is the only Old Testament book where the Lord is addressed as “our Father.” Continue Reading »
Sin and guilt have spiritual power. Continue Reading »
John Walton’s proposal to read Genesis 1 in ancient terms is unconvincing. Continue Reading »
Long invisible, theology of sport is suddenly a growth industry. Robert Ellis’s “The Games People Play and Lincoln Harvey’s
“A Brief Theology of Sport” both sum up the patristic criticisms of sport, both talk about Puritanism, both highlight the role of Victorian Muscular Christianity in the reconciliation of religion and sport. Theologically, both focus on creation, though in intriguingly different ways. Continue Reading »
Sacraments are not isolated moments in secular world. They are “permeable.” Continue Reading »
Old Testament scholars claim to be tracing a “historicizing” process, but they are in fact doing the opposite. Continue Reading »
Explaining historical events must leave room for puzzlement. Continue Reading »
Water is a means for ascent. Continue Reading »
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