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Levitical Pattern

Peter J. Leithart

As David brings the ark into Jerusalem, he assembles Levites and priests to carry it to its…

Levitical Pattern

John Doe

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Yahweh Enters Rest

Peter J. Leithart

“Arise, Yahweh, to Your resting place, you and the ark of your strength” (Psalm 132:8). The Psalm…

Mother Teresa, Ineffective Altruist

The Editors

In this episode of the First Things Podcast: Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be canonized on Sunday.…

Dottore della Chiesa subito!

Br. Michael Baggot

When Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s book-length final interview—Last Testament: In His Own Words—is released in November, we…

Feasting with St. Thomas

Robert P. Imbelli

The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christologyby thomas joseph white, opcatholic university of america press, 552…

Madness

Peter J. Leithart

Darian Leader notes in What Is Madness? that the various theories of madness that have been developed…

Lightning Flash

Peter J. Leithart

Haiku is the most mockable poetic form. It seems easy, and a lot of bad haiku gets…

Tragic Teen

Peter J. Leithart

As Rhodri Lewis points out, the evidence that Hamlet is young is overwhelming: “Claudius counsels Hamlet that…

Revelation between Protestant and Catholic

Peter J. Leithart

The Reformers read Revelation as a prophetic outline of history, and so identified the beast and harlot…

Revelation between Protestant and Catholic

John Doe

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Liberalism’s Unlimited Government

Peter J. Leithart

Patrick Deneen argues that liberal order is incompatible with limited government. Liberalism is devoted to the protection…

Basic Plots

Peter J. Leithart

MIT’s Technology Review reports on research by computer scientist Andrew Reagan of the University of Vermont that…

Useful Old

Peter J. Leithart

Ninety-five-year-old Walter Laqueur has an interest in thinking that the aged are still useful. In an essay…

Building Churches in Egypt

Peter J. Leithart

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra reports in Christianity Today on efforts to change laws concerning church construction in Egypt:…