St. Jude’s Anglican Church

"It is indolence, Mr. Bertram, indeed. Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to do but be slovenly and selfish—read the newspaper, watch the weather, and quarrel with…

Jerusalem. Athens. Rome. London. Philadelphia. Join us as we finish our historical tour of America's civilizational roots, all under the able guidance of Russell Kirk. We will contemplate the substance and significance of America's tradition of ordered liberty, and we will contemplate its future prospects.

Where did American civilization come from? In an age of confusion and unmaking, it's crucial to study order and origins. Who and what "made" America, in the sense of civilization? It didn't just spring forth from the ether, out of nothing. No, there are roots to the way in which we have traditionally ordered our…