It’s no secret that America in 2025 is highly polarized. And yet, we were once even more so, and through shared points of reference like the King James Bible and the Declaration of Independence, America was able to unify

Thomas Jefferson valued universal religious liberty as one of his greatest accomplishments. Do his lessons from America’s founding last today?

The Declaration of Independence was carefully composed for a broad international audience as much as for a domestic one

Tyrants and despotisms always beckon. But the “blessings and security of self-government” offer greater happiness.

Remarks delivered by Eric Patterson at Catholic University of America on Sept. 13th, 2022 on HR 1009.

A Patriotic Review of The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism, InterVarsity Press, 2022.

King recognized that for nations, as for individuals, the measure of goodness is not perfection, but rather direction. America was born headed in the right direction—and continues to build a “more perfect union” dreamed up by imperfect men.

Delight in your family and community and boldly have a very happy Independence Day.

Formal religious adherence is declining, but America’s longtime religious self-identity as a lodestar of democratic responsibility in the world continues unabashed.