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Structure in Acts 17

Last updated on: March 10, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

Paul’s visit to Athens is nestled in the middle of a narrative sequence describing Paul’s missionary journey. When Paul and Barnabas part ways because of their dispute over John Mark (15:36-39), Paul continues his missionary work with Silas. Together with Timothy, they visit Philippi (16:6-40), Thessalonica (17:1-9) and Berea (17:10-15). In the first two towns, they meet violent resistance, while in the third they are given a careful hearing by the “noble” Bereans. Paul and Silas late preach together in... Read more

The Anger of Young Men

Last updated on: March 10, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

“In just about every case of a millenarian tyrant,” writes Waller Newell in his 2013 Tyranny, “we find a shattering experience in early life – failure to achieve a respectable career, distant or oppressive parents, shame and disgrace over the family name, a feeling of being excluded by the upper class – that drove these young men to bring everything down in flames in order to avenge themselves for these injustices and insults, a vengeance now extended from the original... Read more

The Anger of Young Men

Last updated on: March 10, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

“In just about every case of a millenarian tyrant,” writes Waller Newell in his 2013 Tyranny, “we find a shattering experience in early life – failure to achieve a respectable career, distant or oppressive parents, shame and disgrace over the family name, a feeling of being excluded by the upper class – that drove these young men to bring everything down in flames in order to avenge themselves for these injustices and insults, a vengeance now extended from the original... Read more

The Cross

Last updated on: March 9, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

In his recent biography of Charles Williams, Grevel Lindop summarizes Williams’s essay on the cross, calling it Williams’s “most powerful and honest theological essay.” Williams observes that the cross is “revolting to our sense of justice,” justifable only because it shows that God entered into our suffering. He challenges the notion that “evil men” crucified Jesus. As Lindop summarizes: “Caiaphas and Pilate were each of them doing his best in the duty presented to them. The high priest was condemning... Read more

Shakespeare, Fantasist

Last updated on: March 9, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

Marjorie Garber’s amusing summary (Shakespeare After All) of Shakespeare’s Pericles captures the flavor of the play: “a man who woos a wicked, incestuous princess, solves a riddle, and flees her land—and who just happens to be shipwrecked on the shore of another land, where there is another princess choosing a husband; a man who has no armor to fight in the princess’s tournament until there washes up onshore the very suit of armor, now rusted, once given him by his... Read more

Shakespeare, Fantasist

Last updated on: March 9, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

Marjorie Garber’s amusing summary (Shakespeare After All) of Shakespeare’s Pericles captures the flavor of the play: “a man who woos a wicked, incestuous princess, solves a riddle, and flees her land—and who just happens to be shipwrecked on the shore of another land, where there is another princess choosing a husband; a man who has no armor to fight in the princess’s tournament until there washes up onshore the very suit of armor, now rusted, once given him by his... Read more

Post-Colonial Poland

Last updated on: March 9, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

In a 2010 article in The Other Shore, Rice University’s Ewa Thompson argues that post-colonial categories are useful for explaining the experience of formerly Soviet-occupied areas of Eastern Europe, especially Poland. Many Poles, she admits, associate imperialism with European imperialism in Africa and link orientalism with the far east. Thompson differs. She thinks that a post-colonial analysis of Poland would enable Poles to work through some of their current challenges, especially vis a vis Europe. Thompson writes, “it can hardly... Read more

Post-Colonial Poland

Last updated on: March 9, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

In a 2010 article in The Other Shore, Rice University’s Ewa Thompson argues that post-colonial categories are useful for explaining the experience of formerly Soviet-occupied areas of Eastern Europe, especially Poland. Many Poles, she admits, associate imperialism with European imperialism in Africa and link orientalism with the far east. Thompson differs. She thinks that a post-colonial analysis of Poland would enable Poles to work through some of their current challenges, especially vis a vis Europe. Thompson writes, “it can hardly... Read more

Campus Life in the Sixties

Last updated on: March 8, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

When Ewa Thompson joined the Indiana University faculty in 1968 as an assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Comparative Literature, Vietnam War protests were at their peak. A native of Poland, Thompson could not understand why Americans didn’t unite against the Communists in Vietnam. Her first-hand experience with Communism, and her dismay at the intellectual life of the American universities, made her a conservative. As she describes it, “The brainwashing performed by Soviet sympathizers on American campuses was universal in... Read more

Campus Life in the Sixties

Last updated on: March 8, 2016 at 12:00 am By Peter Leithart

When Ewa Thompson joined the Indiana University faculty in 1968 as an assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Comparative Literature, Vietnam War protests were at their peak. A native of Poland, Thompson could not understand why Americans didn’t unite against the Communists in Vietnam. Her first-hand experience with Communism, and her dismay at the intellectual life of the American universities, made her a conservative. As she describes it, “The brainwashing performed by Soviet sympathizers on American campuses was universal in... Read more

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