Gary L. Gregg
Director of the McConnell Center, University of Louisville
Gary L. Gregg II, Ph.D. holds the Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership at the University of Louisville where he is also Director of the McConnell Center. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including America’s Forgotten Founders (with Mark David Hall), Vital Remnants: America’s Founding and the Western Tradition, and Thinking about the Presidency: Documents and Essays from the Founding to the Present. He is also the author of a series of Young Adult fantasy novels, the latest of which is The Stag and the Spear. In 2026, he will publish George Washington: Citizen, Soldier, Statesman as part of the Faces of Mount Rushmore Series to honor the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Talks and Topics
Providence’s Patriot—George Washington as Christian Symbol and Statesman of the Revolution
George Washington’s relationship to the Christian religion is complex and nuanced. This lecture will explore how Washington was treated by his contemporaries as a “the most favored of Heaven” and used the language of providence to help build the American Republic.
Coloring the Waters of Antiquity—How Christianity modified and enhanced the lessons of antiquity for the American Founders.
We can tell the story of America as the story of five cities: Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. All of the civilizational accomplishments of the ancient world, however, were modified and filtered through the Founder’s Christianity. This lecture will explore our roots, ancient and modern, with an emphasis on the Christianity of the Bible.
