Contrary to the belief they were deists and atheists, most of the American Founders believed in God’s providence and the natural law tradition.
Howard Chandler Christy's painting invites citizens to think about the Bible's influence on the US Constitution.
We should be skeptical of American civil religion. But not every connection between faith and politics falls into that category.
James Bruce joins the podcast to discuss the challenges of faithful translation and how our sense of justice shapes our understanding of God.
The Supreme Court's religion jurisprudence has for too long treated religion as a public vice. Kennedy v. Bremerton begins to reconsider that.
Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible is hauntingly beautiful at points, but it is ultimately a Bible without God.
If a constitution is merely an instrument for implementing favored conservative policy goals, why have one at all?
Lincoln summoned us to sacrifices that seemed too great to bear, and after his death we decided that we never would make such sacrifices again.
If Christianity has influenced thinking about law, exactly how has that influence worked?
Gregg Frazer restores the Loyalists as thoughtful participants in the debate over the American future. He also reproduces some of their blind spots.
If we hope to understand the America founders fully, we simply cannot ignore John Dickinson's arguments about conscience and political restraint.
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
The Supreme Court’s decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer is a resounding victory for religious liberty.