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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Peter J. Leithart
We embark on the road of sanity only when we walk in hope; hope is the source of natural virtue. Continue Reading »
Whether they are monarchs or not, powerful leaders take on royalish trappings because politics is ineradicably sacral. Continue Reading »
The original human condition is one of temporality, contingency, dependence, and ignorance—and this is good. Continue Reading »
The mystery of the Trinity “by its darkness enlightens all things.” Continue Reading »
The conversion of a former enemy demonstrates that Jesus can and does turn Sauls into Pauls. Continue Reading »
Téa Obreht's second novel, Inland, brings the Balkans and the Arizona desert together. Continue Reading »
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the city depends on powers found beyond it. Continue Reading »
Currency is an index of our need for one another, but can pose a danger to the polis when it becomes an object of desire in itself. Continue Reading »
The Epistle of James, as understood within its first-century context, is still relevant today. Continue Reading »
A new book marginalizes the Bible's ethical claims in the public square. Continue Reading »
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