America’s Founding

The Pews Prepared the Way: Faith, Revolution, and the American Creed

For all its moral advances, Enlightenment philosophy alone could never have produced the idea that all men are created equal without Judeo-Christian revelation.

Made Equal: The Declaration’s Forgotten Judeo-Christian Foundation

As America marks its 250th anniversary, the Jewish and Christian moral foundations of the Revolution must not be forgotten.

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The Holy Week Reader—Friday: Kavod! The Weight of Glory

Peter Paul Ruben’s extraordinary “Raising of the Cross” helps reflect on Divine love, human flourishing, and the weight of glory.

War Powers, Congress, and the Executive: From the American Revolution to War with Iran

While President Trump’s decision to attack Iran has prompted renewed debates over executive war-making power, arguments about the proper roles of the executive and legislature in military action date back to America’s founding

Antietam & the Moral Clarity of the Emancipation Proclamation

This week marks the anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history. In September 1862, at small town in western Maryland, nearly 23,000 young Americans were killed or wounded.

Why We Must Fight the Demise of the Essay

Without the widespread ability to cogently express important ideas, none of the most important leaders of the last few hundred years would ever have been so influential

Lincoln’s Bishop: Review of Zaakir Tameez’s “Charles Sumner”

A new biography of famed abolitionist Charles Sumner highlights his constitutional legacy and connections to the Black community, two factors of his life too long overlooked

Ep. 94 | What We Mean by ‘Judeo-Christian’

On June 30th, Providence and Tikvah partnered to convene a panel titled “What We Mean by ‘Judeo-Christian'”

Our Cause is Just and Our Union is Perfect: Recognizing the 250th Anniversary of the Other Declaration

Before there was the Declaration of Independence in 1776, there was the “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms” in 1775, which set America on its eventual course for revolution

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