Author: Joshua Paladino

Joshua Paladino (Ph.D., Hillsdale College) is Managing Editor of Davenant Academic Press and teaches American politics and political theory at Cleveland State University’s Center for Civics, Culture, and Society. His research interests include American local government and the political and theological thought of C. S. Lewis. He has published on C. S. Lewis in Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal and Pietas: A Journal of Tradition, Place, and Things Divine. His current book project is The Political Theology of C. S. Lewis.

Commentary, Ad Fontes

Joshua Paladino — July 28, 2026

Natural Affections, Spiritual Loves, and the American Mind

Matthew Spalding, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of Our Declaration of Independence, (Encounter Books, 2026). Winner of ISI’s 2026 Conservative Book of the Year Award “When…