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American Infrastructure

Peter J. Leithart

In his history of American lighthouses (Brilliant Beacons), Eric Jay Dolin describes mid-19th century conflicts over the…

Rumination

Peter J. Leithart

In his Not Bread Alone, Nathan MacDonald cites the letter to Aristeas, which includes an early Christian…

Social Sources of Reformation

Peter J. Leithart

James Davison Hunter calls attention to the urban setting of the Reformation (To Change the World, 65):…

Preaching to Kings

Peter J. Leithart

Early medieval evangelists had theological reasons for targeting their evangelistic efforts to kings. Kings were heads of…

Calvinist Spirits

Peter J. Leithart

Whatever their later American heirs thought of alcoholic beverages, the Reformers were lovers of beer and wine.…

Death of White Christian America?

Peter J. Leithart

Is Trump’s election the death rattle of white Christian America? Philip Jenkins doesn’t think so. It’s true…

Girard’s Achievement

Peter J. Leithart

Gil Bailie notes in his recently published God’s Gamble (25, 27) that modern thinkers have often pointed…

Natural gessa

Peter J. Leithart

In a critique of Locke’s theory of consent (and more extreme varieties), Stephen RL Clark (Civil Peace…

African Emigration?

Peter J. Leithart

African immigrants to the US are preparing to leave in the wake of Trump’s victory, reports Quartz.…

Catholic Scholars Commend the Witness of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC)

Robert P. George

We, the undersigned Catholic scholars, express our gratitude to, and our solidarity with, the Church of God…

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose

Carl R. Trueman

The full horror of last week’s presidential election became evident a few days after the result had…

Leonard Cohen, the Christ-Haunted

Joe Heschmeyer

Among the singer-songwriters who emerged in the latter part of the 1960s, Leonard Cohen was something of…

Apocalypse and Reference

Peter J. Leithart

Apart from dispensationalists, few commentators on Revelation try to match the characters and events of the book…

Proto-Temple Theology

Peter J. Leithart

David wants to build Yahweh a house, Nathan the prophet encourages him. Then Yahweh appears to Nathan…

Tenderness in Moonlight

Eve Tushnet

Years ago I was reading testimonies from people who had experienced abusive corporal punishment. One man reached…