Was the United States founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders actually envisioned was a prophetic republic that ...

Last month, we celebrated the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. As we continue to commemorate this historic ...

Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Old and New Testaments.

The unofficial opening of the American semiquincentennial on the National Mall started with a prayer at sunrise, and it was followed by a day of hallelujahs and amens. The "Rededicate 250" program ...

We all have knowledge blind spots that could do with some filling in. Just because you think you know something doesn’t make ...

Vero Beach school should honor achievement that happened almost 80 years ago. Old Radisson perfect place for St Lucie to have ...

"Others argued it was a matter of civil liberties, that people had the right to choose to do other things on a Sunday and not ...

Some countries built their identities on their land. Some countries built their identities on a shared ethnic heritage. America, however, began with an idea on a piece of paper. "America was an ...

Reynolds says the Cavalier culture rooted in Virginia had “virtually died out” by 1776, when the Revolution temporarily ...

In many ways, Paine was a fiercer supporter of democracy than many of the more celebrated Founding Fathers, whose mistrust of the “common people” led them to put limits on voting rights and popular ...

Even when ideology is not at stake, the church lives in history, even while its foundations and its eschatological future ...