The United States is one of history's great Christian nations, but our unique history, success, and global impact have seduced us into believing we are something more-God's New Israel, the new order of the ages, the last best hope of mankind, a redeemer nation.

Shakespeare was, as Caesar says of Cassius, "a great observer," able to see and depict patterns of events and character.

The Lord's Supper is the world in miniature; it has cosmic significance.

Jane Austen is now what she never was in life, and what she would have been horrified to become—a literary celebrity.

We know that Constantine - issued the Edict of Milan in 313 - outlawed paganism and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire - manipulated the Council of Nicea in 325 - exercised absolute authority over the church, co-opting it for the aims of empire

In his twenties, Fydor Dostoevsky, son of a Moscow doctor, graduate of a military academy, and rising star of Russian literature, found himself standing in front of a firing squad, accused of subversive activities against the Russian Tsar.

In the tradition of Grimm's fairy tales, Peter Leithart has collected eighteen bedtime tales, each set invoking imagery, plots, and themes taken from Scripture, and each reveals a biblical proverb.

Leithart's Heroes of the City of Man analyzes some of the grand classics of ancient literature

Terrence Malick's stunning film The Tree of Life is a modern Job story, an exploration of suffering and glory, an honest look at strife within a Texas family in the 1950s.

Miniatures & Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen Not only are Austen's novels still widely read, they continue to influence modern film and literature.