How could a Christian—an ordained minister, no less—be
against not only Christianity, but theology, sacraments,
and ethics as well? Yet that is the stance Peter Leithart
takes in this provocative “theological bricolage.” Seeking
to rethink evangelical notions of culture, church, and
state, with a series of short essays, aphorisms, and
parables, Leithart challenges the current dichotomies that
govern both Christian and non-Christian thinking about
church and state, the secular and the religious. But his
argument isn’t limited to being merely “against.” Leithart
reveals a much larger vision of Christian society, defined
by the stories, symbols, rituals, and rules of a renewed
community—the city of God.
