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).
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With a solitary act of pride, Uzziah’s story is reversed. Continue Reading »
A cinematic poem in seven stanzas, Paterson proves a man in himself is a city. Continue Reading »
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Saul’s dread of his younger rival transforms Saul into a power-grasping tyrant. Continue Reading »
Adam Smith, a founding theorist of capitalism, agreed with many criticisms of commercial culture. Continue Reading »
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