Peter J. Leithart

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 »

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the city depends on powers found beyond it. Continue Reading »

Currency is an index of our need for one another, but can pose a danger to the polis when it becomes an object of desire in itself.  Continue Reading »