James Patterson

Jack Miller Center Founding Civics Initiative Faculty
Chair of the Politics Department and Associate Professor, Ave Maria University

James M. Patterson is Associate Professor of Politics in the Politics Department at Ave Maria University. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Religion, Democracy, and Culture, Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty,andpresident of the Ciceronian Society.

Patterson has focused much of his research on topics concerning politics and religion and has had works published in journals such as American Political ThoughtPerspectives on Political SciencePolitical Science Reviewer, and Journal of Church and State. He is also the author of Religion in the Public Square: Sheen, King, Falwell,and his next book, co-authored with Thomas Howe, examines the problems with postliberalism.

Dr. Patterson earned his B.A. in political science at the University of Houston and his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics at the University of Virginia.

Research interests:
Religion and politics
Political thought
Political and religious tradition

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