Peter J. Leithart

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  • Jun 19, 2026
    Nearly forgotten today, The Martyrdom of Man was once considered a substitute Bible for secularists. Published in 1872 by the Scottish adventurer William Winwood Reade, the volume...
  • Jun 5, 2026
    We live, writes Italian economist Luigino Bruni in his The Economy of Salvation, in an exhausted age in which “words are tired” and “worn out,” when...
  • May 22, 2026
    The Bible figures the Spirit as breath, wind, smoke, and flame. He blows where he will, circulates invisibly, flickers like glory. You can hear his voice, but you can’t...
  • May 8, 2026
    Ascension Day, celebrated by the Western Church on May 14 this year, is the neglected stepchild of the Christian year. Advent has its calendars and its wreaths; Christmas its carols...
  • Mar 9, 2026
    Does the U.S.-Israel assault on Iran fill the criteria of Christian just war theory? A number of observers have asked the question, including R. R. Reno, and given inconclusive...
  • Feb 27, 2026
    Way back in the day, when Elon Musk stalked the halls of the federal bureaucracy swinging his giant, if metaphorical, chainsaw, we learned a lot about the U.S. Agency for...
  • Feb 16, 2026
    Natural law theory teaches that God embedded a teleological moral order in the world, such that things mature toward fixed ends. Human beings exist to realize both natural and...