‘It is human nature,” Notre Dame history professor emeritus George M. Marsden writes in “The Twilight of the American Enlightenment,” “to look back on an earlier era, especially the days ...

U.S. Military Academy history professor Robert McDonald talked about the major events and figures of the American Enlightenment, the period leading up to the American Revolution. His talk was part ...

Letters to the Editor: We need another American enlightenment to save democracy A rally against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade on June 27 in downtown Los Angeles.

Barton Swaim reviews "The Twilight of the American Enlightenment: The 1950s and the Crisis of Liberal Belief," by George M. Marsden.

Freedom depends on the citizens of America, who must regularly reeducate ourselves about the founding principles of the American enlightenment and government , redouble our personal commitment to ...

‘I feel myself to be a child of the Enlightenment,” wrote Conor Cruise O’Brien in 1994, “but a somewhat chastened and battered one. Partly this is a mechanical result of having lived a ...

The American vision has a high degree of tolerance for inequality and a robust commitment to individual liberty, because in the American revolutionary tradition, the pursuit of happiness is an ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

As we kick off the year commemorating the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Army, we’ll reflect on the rich legacy of service, ...

You could call them the three pillars of the American Idea. These three pillars are the direct gifts to America of three great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment: Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith ...