James Wood and Peter Leithart discuss some highlights from the past year of the Civitas Group and the podcast. Peter Leithart then leads a discussion on three of James' recent essays, which can be found below with timestamps. (12:35) 1. Ordering our Social Loves, at Ad Fontes/Commonwealth(39:22)2. How Abraham Kuyper Lost the Nation and Sidelined the Church, at Ad Fontes(57:48)3. Can the Church Still Speak? - in Comment Magazine. Click HERE for James' author page at Ad Fontes.

James Wood and Peter Leithart are joined by special guest, Ross Douthat, to discuss the new right and post-liberalism._Ross Douthat is an opinion columnist at The New York Times, and is also a host on the weekly Opinion podcast, “Matter of Opinion.” Previously, he was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a blogger on its website.A prolific writer, Mr. Douthat has written for The Atlantic and National Review and has been published widely in the popular press. He is the author of several books including The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Recovery (2021) “<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Decadent-Society-Became-Victims-Success/dp/1476785244/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=decadent+society&amp;qid=159793907

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by special guest, Professor Nancy Pearcey, to discuss her recent work on the war on masculinity._Nancy Pearcey&apos;s latest book is The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes. Her earlier books include Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and two ECPA Gold Medallion Award Winners: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/How

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by special guest Eric Gregory to discuss Augustinian civic liberalism and political theology._Eric Gregory is director of graduate studies and Professor of Religion at Princeton University, where he has served on the faculty since 2001. He is a world-renowned scholar in Christian Ethics and Policital theology.He is the author of Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship (University of Chicago Press, 2008), and articles in a variety of edited volumes and journals, including the Journal of Religious Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, and Augustinian Studies. His interests include religious and philosophical ethics, theology, political theory, law and religion, and the role of religion in public life. In 2007 he was awarded Princeton’s President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.A graduate of Harvard College, he earned an M.Phil. and Diploma in

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by special guest Oliver O&apos;Donovan to discuss political theology._Oliver O’Donovan, born in 1945 in London, held teaching posts at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Wycliffe College Toronto before becoming Regius Professor of Moral &amp; Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church at the University of Oxford in 1982. He was Professor of Christian Ethics &amp; Practical Theology at Edinburgh from 2006 to 2012. Ordained as a priest of the Church of England, he was an active participant in ecumenical dialogue and a past President of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics. He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2000.He has held distinguished visiting lectureships in Cambridge, Durham, Rome, Hamilton, Pasadena and Hong Kong, and delivered the Gifford Lectures at St Andrews University in 2021.He is the author of The Problem of Self-Love in Saint Augustine (Yale 1979), Begotten or Made? (Oxf

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by James Patterson to discuss Neo-Integralism, Fulton Sheen, Americanism, and more. _Dr. Patterson is an associate professor and the chairman of the politics department at Ave Maria University; a fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy; a fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology; a contributing editor of Law &amp; Liberty; a member of affiliated faculty with the Jack Miller Center, and the president of the Ciceronian Society.-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 &quot;ecclesiocentric&quot; Theopolitan version of post-liberalism. -Articles referenced in this episode: No to Neo-Integralismby: James Pattersonhttps://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/01/23/no-to-neo-integr

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by Jerry Bowyer to discuss corporations, wokeism, discipling businesses, and economics.  _Jerry Bowyer is the chief economist of Vident Financial, editor of Townhall Finance, editor of the business channel of The Christian Post, host of Meeting of Minds with Jerry Bowyer podcast, president of Bowyer Research, and author of The Maker Versus the Takers: What Jesus Really Said About Social Justice and Economics. He is also resident economist with Kingdom Advisors, serves on the Editorial Board of Salem Communications, and is senior fellow in financial economics at the Center for Cultural Leadership. Jerry lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Susan, and the youngest three of his seven children.-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 di

Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss liberalism, two kingdom theology, Lockean reductionism, what to do in a divided church, and more. _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 &quot;ecclesiocentric&quot; Theopolitan version of post-liberalism. 

Peter Leithart and James Wood are joined by Brad Littlejohn to discuss two kingdoms, Christian Nationalism, and Christian commonwealths. ____About Brad Littlejohn:Brad Littlejohn, Ph.D., is a Fellow in EPPC’s Evangelicals in Civic Life Program, where his work focuses on helping public leaders understand the intellectual and historical foundations of our current breakdown of public trust, social cohesion, and sound governance. His research investigates shifting understandings of the nature of freedom and authority, and how a more full-orbed conception of freedom, rooted in the Christian tradition, can inform policy that respects both the dignity of the individual and the urgency of the common good. He also serves as President of the Davenant InstituteA scholar and writer in the fields of Christian ethics, historical theology, and conservative political thought, he earned his PhD in Theolo

Peter Leithart and James Wood talk with D.C. Schindler about his father&apos;s work, liberalism, and post-liberal discourse._______About Dr. SchindlerDr. 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 metaphysics and philosophical anthropology, but he also works in political philosophy, phenomenology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology.  His main historical areas are ancient Greek philosophy (especially Plato and Neoplatonism), German philosophy (especially Hegel and Heidegger), and Catholic philosophy (especially Aquinas and 20th Century Thomism).Dr. Schindler studied the Great Books as an undergraduate at Notre Dame, received a Master’s degree in theology at the John Paul II Institute, and then completed his education with a Master’s d

Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss magisterial reformation political theology, reconstructionism, and Christian Nationalism with Dr. Glenn Moots._______Glenn A. Moots is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Northwood University and also serves as a Research Fellow at the McNair Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship there. He is the author of Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology (University of Missouri Press, 2010, 2022 paperback) and coedited, with Phillip Hamilton, Justifying Revolution: Law, Virtue, and Violence in the American Revolution (University of Oklahoma Press, 2018).Books and articles mentioned in this episode: 1. Politics Reformed: The Anglo-American Legacy of Covenant Theology2. Glenn&apos;s essays at Law and Liberty3. Glenn&apos;s two-part review of St

Peter Leithart and James Wood discuss ontological individualism and ecclesiocentrism with James Rogers, who chairs the Theopolis Civitas group. James R. Rogers is associate professor of political science at Texas A&amp;M University. He holds a Ph.D. and a J.D., and teaches and publishes scholarship at the intersection of law, politics, and mathematical models. He has published in the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Public Choice, and in numerous other academic journals. He edited and contributed to the book, Institutional Games and the Supreme Court, and served as editor of the Journal of Theoretical Politics from 2006 to 2013. He is currently contributing editor at Law &amp; Liberty. He chairs the Theopolis Institute’s Civitas group.