America’s Transcendent Tether
A Semiquincentennial Requiem
Let’s begin with a simple, easy-to-answer question: Is contemporary America a Christian nation? No, of course it isn’t.
More vexing, though, is the next question: Was America ever a Christian nation?
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Duane Litfin is President Emeritus of Wheaton College (Illinois). His various publications include “Flourishing in Babylon: Anatomy of a Prooftext” (JETS, June 2025), Paul’s Theology of Preaching (IVP Academic), and Conceiving the Christian College (Eerdmans). He can be reached at Duane.Litfin@Wheaton.edu.
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