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Essays
Reply to Magness and Rojas
Jacob T. Levy discusses intersectionality with this month's response essayists.
Essays
A Republic Needs Virtue—But What Kind?
Brooke Allen discusses religion, the Enlightenment, and the American founding.
Contributors
Mark David Hall
Issues
The Faith of the American Founders
What were the religious beliefs of the American founding generation? What do they mean for us today?
Essays
Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land: Christianity and the Creation of the American Republic
Mark David Hall argues that the American founders were more Christian and less deist than many nowadays might realize.
Essays
Deists, Orthodox Believers, and the American Founding
Faith played a strong role in the American founding, says Prof. Thomas Kidd. But it may not be the role we expect.
Essays
No Higher Source than the Consent of the People
Prof. Steven Green argues that the founders were trying to create a government based on consent, not divine institution.