Peter J. Leithart

Jonathan Fox, a professor of religion and politics at Bar-Ilan University, has produced one of the most complete, sophisticated, and systematic studies of global religious freedom available. Every conception of religious freedom, Fox claims, must answer fundamental questions about civil authority. . . . . Continue Reading »

Scripture leaves us eager for the Lord’s arrival. Continue Reading »

Jew and Gentile are knit together as the new Messianic humanity, brought alive by the Spirit to be life to one another, and so life to the world. Continue Reading »

Politically, culturally, and morally, we’re a fractured republic. Continue Reading »

To deepen our knowledge of anything, to see things in three dimensions, we need to supplement our limited perspective with the perspectives of others. Continue Reading »

Abraham’s hope and Job’s despair grow from the same soil; they are alternative stances toward death.  Continue Reading »

The church challenges and transforms public life precisely because it confronts the world as a people loyal to another king, one Jesus. Continue Reading »

We don’t have a crisis of truth, but a crisis of confidence in political authority per se. Continue Reading »

COVID-19 media coverage has only further eroded our confidence in established news sources. Continue Reading »

Liberals expect radicals to play by liberal rules, but liberal fairness is the specific target of the radical onslaught. Continue Reading »