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
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 »
In a regime of automation, the spirited man comes to seem dangerous, “maladaptive,” “a bug in the system.” Continue Reading »
Genesis encourages us to mimic the faith of Abraham, but it also includes Lot as a foil. Continue Reading »
Music is the best language we have to describe the unified diversity of God’s life, the perfect harmony of Father, Son, and Spirit. Continue Reading »
The Spirit weds hearts to one another through human actions and physical things, through shared words, shared bread, shared goods. Continue Reading »
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