Peter J. Leithart

By their faithful defiance, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego achieve a peace unlike Nebuchadnezzar's.  Continue Reading »

The early story of human creativity foreshadows the hinge of human history. Continue Reading »

Liberalism isn’t just a political system that prioritizes individual freedom and social equality; liberalism is centrally an anti-catholic ecclesiology. Continue Reading »

A Trinitarian ontology of love implies an epistemology of love, for reality is known only to lovers. Continue Reading »

The new creation is signified by water because the first creation came through water. Continue Reading »

Imprecatory psalms ground us in the real world, counteracting our instinct for over-spiritualized, anodyne, Pollyannaish piety. Continue Reading »

In our hyper-ironic age, Austen has much to teach us about the mutual dependence of comedy and morality. Continue Reading »

The effort to preserve life by prohibiting the living of it doesn’t work. Continue Reading »

Lauren Frances Turek’s 2020 study, To Bring the Good News to All Nations, provides the basis for a more complete and accurate assessment of the Religious Right. Continue Reading »

The slow time of Covidtide could be a blessing in disguise.
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