Christian reconstruction : R.J. Rushdoony and American religious conservatism /
McVicar, Michael J.
Christian reconstruction : R.J. Rushdoony and American religious conservatism / Michael J. McVicar. - 1 [edition]. - Chapel Hill, NC : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Children of Moloch: Christian Reconstruction, the State, and the Conservative Milieu -- ONE: The Glory Is Departed: Political Theology, Presuppositional Apologetics, and the Early Ministry of Rousas John Rushdoony -- TWO: The Anti-Everything Agenda: Sectarianism, Remnants, and the Early American Conservative Movement -- THREE: A Christian Renaissance: The Chalcedon Foundation, Families, and the War against the State -- FOUR: Lex Rex: Neoevangelicalism, Biblical Law, Dominion FIVE: Dominion Men: The New Christian Right, Christian Activism, Theology, and the LawSIX: American Heretics: Democracy, the Limits of Religion, and the End of Reconstruction -- CONCLUSION: To a Thousand Generations: Governance and Reconstruction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1915-2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony's personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic agenda.
9781469622767 1469622769
40024762095
22573/ctt14c1cth JSTOR
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001.
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001.
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001
Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian conservatism--United States.
Dominion theology.
Conservatisme--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Conservatisme chrétien--États-Unis.
Dominion theology.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christian conservatism
Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Dominion theology
United States--Church history.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse.
United States
Electronic books.
Church history
BT82.25 / .M38 2015eb
230/.046
Christian reconstruction : R.J. Rushdoony and American religious conservatism / Michael J. McVicar. - 1 [edition]. - Chapel Hill, NC : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Children of Moloch: Christian Reconstruction, the State, and the Conservative Milieu -- ONE: The Glory Is Departed: Political Theology, Presuppositional Apologetics, and the Early Ministry of Rousas John Rushdoony -- TWO: The Anti-Everything Agenda: Sectarianism, Remnants, and the Early American Conservative Movement -- THREE: A Christian Renaissance: The Chalcedon Foundation, Families, and the War against the State -- FOUR: Lex Rex: Neoevangelicalism, Biblical Law, Dominion FIVE: Dominion Men: The New Christian Right, Christian Activism, Theology, and the LawSIX: American Heretics: Democracy, the Limits of Religion, and the End of Reconstruction -- CONCLUSION: To a Thousand Generations: Governance and Reconstruction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
This is the first critical history of Christian Reconstruction and its founder and champion, theologian and activist Rousas John Rushdoony (1915-2001). Drawing on exclusive access to Rushdoony's personal papers and extensive correspondence, Michael J. McVicar demonstrates the considerable role Reconstructionism played in the development of the radical Christian Right and an American theocratic agenda.
9781469622767 1469622769
40024762095
22573/ctt14c1cth JSTOR
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001.
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001.
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 1916-2001
Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Christian conservatism--United States.
Dominion theology.
Conservatisme--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Conservatisme chrétien--États-Unis.
Dominion theology.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christian conservatism
Conservatism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Dominion theology
United States--Church history.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse.
United States
Electronic books.
Church history
BT82.25 / .M38 2015eb
230/.046