Reviving Orestes Brownson’s Profound Insights

What Aquinas was to Aristotle, Orestes Brownson was to America’s founding.

Born in rural Vermont in 1803, Brownson experienced America from the inside and commented on all the major issues of the Nineteenth Century until his death in 1876. His insights into the American form of self-government, particularly in his masterwork, The American Republic, are especially timely now as we prepare for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.

Over the next year or two, we intend to:

• Build a searchable index of keywords from every essay written by Brownson,
• Continue to expand our YouTube channel,
• Promote short videos from Orestes Brownson and the Mission of America on social media,
• Aggregate a bibliography of all the best Brownson scholarship,
• Conduct the Orestes Brownson Essay Contest for undergraduates and
• Hold at least one annual conference on Brownson’s insights.