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The Civitas Podcast, co-hosted by Peter Leithart and James Wood, exists to explore Christian political theology, with a specific focus on contemporary debates about liberalism and post-liberalism, and to elaborate a distinctively "ecclesiocentric" Theopolitan version of post-liberalism.
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Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Philip Pilkington, the author of The Collapse of Global Liberalism: And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and former investment professional. He is the author of The Reformation in Economics and the forthcoming The Collapse of Global Liberalism. His writing has appeared in numerous outlets including The Telegraph, The New York Post, American Affairs, Post-Liberal Order, Moneyweek, The Spec...
Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Anna Grzymala-Busse, the author of Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State. Anna Grzymala-Busse is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science, the Director of the Europe Center, and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute. Her research focuses on the historical development of the state and its transformation, political parties, religion ...
1Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Alec Ryrie, the author of The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It. Alec Ryrie is professor of the history of Christianity at Durham University and a fellow of the British Academy. His previous books include Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt. He lives in rural County Durham. _________________ To Give to Theopolis, click HERE. Get the Theopolis App, HERE. Use Code "theopolitan" to get your first month free! Sign up for In Medi...
Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Brad Wilcox, the author of Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization. BRAD WILCOX is a professor of sociology and the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He studies marital quality; marital stability; and the impact o...
Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss a handful of the books being studied by the Civitas Group on the topic of the formation of states and Christian Nationalism. To Give to Theopolis, click HERE. Get the Theopolis App, HERE. Use Code "theopolitan" to get your first month free! Sign up for In Medias Res, HERE.
Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with David P Goldman. David P. Goldman is a Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life. His research focuses on China, American manufacturing, and trade policy. Goldman is Deputy Editor of Asia Times, where he has written the "Spengler" column since 2001. He is also a Senior Fellow of the London Institute for Policy Research. He previously was a partner at Reorient Group (Hong Kong), and global hea...
Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Aaron Renn. Aaron Renn is a writer and consultant in Indianapolis, and author of the book Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture. His writings appear in a number of leading global publications, including The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and others. He is also a Senior Fellow at American Reformer, a former Senior Fellow in urban policy at the Manhattan Institute for Policy R...
Peter Leithart and James Wood have a conversation with Jeff Shafer. Jeff Shafer is Director of the Hale Institute. He graduated with honors from the Regent University School of Law in 1995. Early in his legal career, he operated a general practice firm in Cincinnati with a particular emphasis on criminal defense litigation. Thereafter, he practiced in a law partnership, focusing on elections law and civil constitutional cases. From 2005 to 2020, he served as Senior Counsel with Alliance...
James Wood and Peter Leithart have a conversation with Jon Askonas. Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, where he works on the connections between the republican tradition, technology, and national security. He is currently working on two books: A Muse of Fire: Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on what happens to wartime innovations when the war is over and The Shot in the Dark: A History of the U.S. Army Asymmetric ...
Peter Leithart and James Wood answer some of your questions, closing the episode with a discussion of what they have been reading. To Give to Theopolis, click HERE. Get the Theopolis App, HERE. Use Code "theopolitan" to get your first month free! Sign up for In Medias Res, HERE.
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with Rod Dreher about his recent work, Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age. Purchase the book: Rod Dreher Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age _______ About Rod Dreher Rod Dreher is a journalist and author of six books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Little Way of Ruthie Leming (2013), The Benedict Option (2017), and Live Not by Lies (2020). His work covers the intersection of religion, cu...
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with Tim Nichols and Joe Anderson about their work in Englewood, Colorado. Joe Anderson is a Pastor at Christ the Anchor church in Englewood, Colorado. For the last 10 years, Joe has led the local pastors prayer group and organized meetings between the pastors and local government officials that have led to several collaborative initiatives between the Church in Englewood and the city government. Additionally, since 2019, Joe has served on City Counc...
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with D.C. Schindler about his recent work, God and the City, and how to think about politics ontologically. Purchase the book: D.C. Schindler God and the City: An Essay in Political Metaphysics _______ About Dr. Schindler Dr. Schindler’s work is concerned above all with shedding light on contemporary cultural challenges and philosophical questions by drawing on the resources of the classical Christian tradition. His principal thematic focus is ...
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with Philip Bess about architecture, cities, and his book titled Till We Have Built Jerusalem. Philip Bess is Professor of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame.
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with David Dusenbury about his books "I Judge No One" and "The Innocence of Pontius Pilate: How the Roman Trial of Jesus Shaped History." David Lloyd Dusenbury is a philosopher, historian of ideas, Times Literary Supplement contributor and senior fellow at Budapest's Danube Institute. He is also Chair for Jewish-Christian Relations at the University of Antwerp. Titles from Dusenbury: I Judge No One: A Political Life of Jesus The Innocence of Pontius Pilat...
Peter Leithart and James Wood sit down in person to discuss recent podcast guests, as well as the new book "Hell Shall Not Prevail," which is on sale now from Athanasius Press. Forgive the poor audio quality in this episode, as it was not recording with our typical microphone setup.
James Wood and Peter Leithart talk with Tim Carney about ways that today's America is unfriendly to families. Timothy Carney is a father of six children, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a columnist at the Washington Examiner. Tim and his wife, Katie, have raised their family in suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. He grew up with three older brothers in Greenwich Village and later in Pelham, New York. Pick up Family Unfriendly HERE. He is also the author of...
Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with Dr. Ephraim Radner about his latest book, Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Duty. _ Ephraim Radner (Ph.D., Yale University) is Professor of Historical Theology at Wycliffe College, an evangelical seminary of the Anglican tradition at the University of Toronto, where he teaches both ministerial and doctoral students. He is the author and editor of several books on ecclesiology, ecumenism, the nature of Scripture, natural theology, pneumatolo...
Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss Augustine, politics, and the earthly city with Dr. Veronica Ogle. _ Dr. Ogle is the author of Politics and the Earthly City in Augustine's City of God, and is Assistant Professor of Political and Social Thought and the Augustinian Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Villanova University.
Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss human rights and liberalism with Samuel Moyn. _ Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001. He came to Yale from Harvard University, where he was Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Professor of History. Before this, he spent thirteen years in the Columbia Universit...
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