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
There are times when you have to oppose something just because you shouldn’t give the satisfaction of victory to its supporters. Continue Reading »
God’s choice of Abraham is his free self-determination to be the God who makes and keeps promises. Continue Reading »
Chesterton's “O God of Earth and Altar” condemns the corruptions of money in a market that puts a vulgar price tag on the priceless. Continue Reading »
Clive James—literary and film critic, poet, memoirist, travel writer, novelist, and cultural critic—died on November 24, 2019. Continue Reading »
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 »
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