Ingersoll Julie J. (Associate Professor Of Religious Studies Associate Professor Of Religious Studies University Of North Florida Jacksonville Fl)
Ingersoll Julie J. (Associate Professor Of Religious Studies Associate Professor Of Religious Studies University Of North Florida Jacksonville Fl) - Building God's Kingdom Inside The World Of Christian Reconstruction - Hardcover
Ingersoll Julie J. (Associate Professor Of Religious Studies Associate Professor Of Religious Studies University Of North Florida Jacksonville Fl) - Building God's Kingdom Inside The World Of Christian Reconstruction - Hardcover
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Description: For the last several decades at the far fringes of American evangelical Christianity has stood an intellectual movement known as Christian Reconstructionism. The movement was founded by theologian philosopher and historian Rousas John Rushdoony whose near - 2000 - page tome The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) provides its foundation. Reconstructionists believe that the Bible provides a coherent internally consistent and all - encompassing worldview and they seek to remake the entirety of society - church state family economy - along biblical lines. They are strongly opposed to democracy and believe that the Constitution should be replaced by Old Testament law. And they carry their convictions to their logical conclusion arguing for example for the restoration of slavery and for the imposition of the death penalty on homosexuals adulterers and Sabbath - breakers. In this fascinating book Julie Ingersoll draws on years of research Reconstructionist publications and interviews with Reconstructionists themselves to paint the most complete portrait of the movement yet published. She shows how the Reconstructionists world makes sense to them in terms of their own framework. And she demonstrates the movement's influence on everything from homeschooling to some of the more mainstream elements of the Christian Right.
Title: Building God's Kingdom Inside The World Of Christian Reconstruction
Author(s): Ingersoll Julie J. (Associate Professor Of Religious Studies Associate Professor Of Religious Studies University Of North Florida Jacksonville Fl)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199913787
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 8/3/2015
Category: Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches
Description: For the last several decades at the far fringes of American evangelical Christianity has stood an intellectual movement known as Christian Reconstructionism. The movement was founded by theologian philosopher and historian Rousas John Rushdoony whose near - 2000 - page tome The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) provides its foundation. Reconstructionists believe that the Bible provides a coherent internally consistent and all - encompassing worldview and they seek to remake the entirety of society - church state family economy - along biblical lines. They are strongly opposed to democracy and believe that the Constitution should be replaced by Old Testament law. And they carry their convictions to their logical conclusion arguing for example for the restoration of slavery and for the imposition of the death penalty on homosexuals adulterers and Sabbath - breakers. In this fascinating book Julie Ingersoll draws on years of research Reconstructionist publications and interviews with Reconstructionists themselves to paint the most complete portrait of the movement yet published. She shows how the Reconstructionists world makes sense to them in terms of their own framework. And she demonstrates the movement's influence on everything from homeschooling to some of the more mainstream elements of the Christian Right.
Title: Building God's Kingdom Inside The World Of Christian Reconstruction
Author(s): Ingersoll Julie J. (Associate Professor Of Religious Studies Associate Professor Of Religious Studies University Of North Florida Jacksonville Fl)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780199913787
Pages: 320 Pages
Publication Date: 8/3/2015
Category: Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches
