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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Sunday is the octave of Easter, which commemorates the eighth day after Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. An octave is a repetition, but a repetition with difference. It’s not the first note played again, but the first note at a higher pitch. Continue Reading »
The cultural history of the elevator. Continue Reading »
Fenggang Yang examines the red, black, and gray markets in Chinese religion. Continue Reading »
The story of Saul is a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare. Continue Reading »
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Baptism incorporates into the church, and for that reason into the communio of the triune Persons. Continue Reading »
Luther’s “reformation” breakthrough was a recovery of the deepest tradition of Catholic dogma, sacramentalism, and mysticism. Continue Reading »
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The Eucharistic imagination of the Metaphysical poets. Continue Reading »
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