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).
The complexities of the world demand a supple imagination and style. Continue Reading »
The title character of Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Illych is a government lawyer who devotes himself to his career. He lives and thinks conventionally, saying just what’s expected, doing whatever he’s supposed to do.It doesn’t make him happy. He married to advance socially and . . . . Continue Reading »
The sheer number of words coming from politicians diminishes their value. Continue Reading »
What happened to the doctrine of the Trinity? Continue Reading »
Structure in the name list of 1 Chronicles 1. Continue Reading »
Counterinsurgency and modern politics. Continue Reading »
The Eastern influence on Vatican II. Continue Reading »
Separability and situatedness are not opposites, but mutually determining. Continue Reading »
On credit in American history. Continue Reading »
How the early Christians regarded Scripture. Continue Reading »
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