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).
New Jerusalem is a jasper surrounded by a jasper wall. Continue Reading »
Shakespeare on chivalry politics and chivalry romances. Continue Reading »
The Greek word leitourgia covered both the rituals of worship and acts of charity. Continue Reading »
Jesus offered Himself as sacrifice to offer us as sacrifices. Continue Reading »
Post-Reformation debates over sacramental theology left their mark on Donne's poetry and poetics. Continue Reading »
what does Peter mean by telling us Jesus “preached to spirits in prison”? Continue Reading »
Rabbinic instruction on almsgiving. Continue Reading »
The Bible has no specific word that matches the English “ritual.” What might that mean? Continue Reading »
Liberal Protestantism set the terms for Weber's theories of secularization and disenchantment. Continue Reading »
Desolate or descending from heaven, the city is where old things are “no longer.” Continue Reading »
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