Peter J. Leithart is President of the Theopolis Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. He is the author, most recently, of Creator (IVP).
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Peter J. Leithart
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One Cheer for Hollywood
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Can Nations Be Baptized?
Today, our democratic instincts make many recoil at the notion that nations might be baptized and converted as nations. Continue Reading »
On the Ground in Ukraine
Life in Ukraine is anything but normal. The war is always there, always close. Continue Reading »
Hagar and Ishmael as Main Characters
Every detail of Hagar’s experience foreshadows Israel’s future. Continue Reading »
The Black Hole of Sin
Michael Crummey’s The Adversary inspires the cathartic terror and sadness Aristotle said tragedy should evoke. Continue Reading »
Restoring Sexual Sanity
The Song of Songs' erotic Eden portrays a humanity no longer disabled. Continue Reading »
Paul, the Christian Socrates
Despite his similarities with Socrates, Paul is more than simply a Christian Hellenist. Continue Reading »
Social Justice Against Smarts
When intelligence gets flattened, everything else does too. Continue Reading »
A Hungarian Tocqueville
János Zoltán Csák's status as a foreign observer allows him to speak the truth in love about the United States. Continue Reading »
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