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Early life

Rushdoony was born in New York City, the son of recently arrived Armenian immigrants. Before his parents fled the Armenian Genocide of 1915, his ancestors had lived in a remote area near Mount Ararat for about 2000 years.^[4] Within weeks, his parents moved to Kingsburg, California, where his father founded an Armenian-speaking Presbyterian church. Except for a time when his father pastored a church in Detroit, Rushdoony grew up on the family farm in Kingsburg.^[5]-1... Armenian Genocide photo. ... Mount Ararat (Turkish: , Armenian: , Kurdish: , Greek: , Persian: , Russian: , Hebrew: , Tiberian Hebrew: ) is the tallest peak in Turkey. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... “Detroit” redirects here. ...

Rushdoony attended public schools where he learned English.^[6] He continued his education at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a B.A. in English in 1938, a teaching credential in 1939 and a M.A. in Education in 1940. He also attended the Pacific School of Religion, a Congregational and Methodist seminary in Berkeley, California, from which he graduated in 1944, the same year he was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA). Rushdoony then served for eight and a half years as a missionary to the Shoshone and Paiute Indians on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in a remote area of Nevada.^[5][2] In 1953 Rushdoony became pastor of a church in Santa Cruz, California, a small retirement town on the coast.^[5] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... A teaching credential is a basic multiple or single subject credential obtained upon completion of a bachelors degree and prescribed professional education requirements. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... Pacific School of Religion is an ecumenical seminary located in Berkeley, California. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Ordination is the process in which clergy become authorized by their religious denomination and/or seminary to perform religious rituals and ceremonies. ... Emblem of the PC(USA) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or PC(USA) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. ... Two Mormon missionaries A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... This article is about the Native American tribe. ... Paiute women and children in Yosemite Valley 1891. ... For other uses, see Santa Cruz. ...

It was during his mission to the Native Americans that Rushdoony began writing. His first book, By What Standard? was published in 1959. In the early 1960s he was active in the homeschooling movement, appearing as an expert witness to defend the rights of homeschoolers.^[2] He moved to Los Angeles in 1965. That year he founded the Chalcedon Foundation; the monthly Chalcedon Report, which Rushdoony edited, began appearing that October.^[6] An expert witness is a witness, who by virtue of education, profession, publication or experience, is believed to have special knowledge of his or her subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon his opinion. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... The Chalcedon Foundation is the name for the Christian Reconstructionist organization founded by Rousas John Rushdoony. ...

Rushdoony had five children with his wife, Dorothy Barbara Ross Rushdoony, who died in 2003. His daughter Sharon is married to Gary North, a Christian Reconstructionist writer and economist. Rushdoony's only son, the Rev. Mark R. Rushdoony, is the current president of the Chalcedon Foundation and editor of the Chalcedon Report. R. J. Rushdoony died in 2001 with his student and financial supporter Howard Ahmanson, Jr. at his bedside.^[7] Gary North For the bisexual rights activist, see Gary North (journalist) Gary North is a writer and publisher from the Christian Reconstruction movement. ... Howard Fieldstead Ahmanson, Jr (born 1950) is an American millionaire philanthropist who funds the causes of Christian fundamentalism. ...

Intellectual career

Early writings

Rushdoony began his career as a writer in 1958, the same year he left the PCUSA and joined the more conservative Orthodox Presbyterian Church.^[5] He began popularizing, albeit densely, the works of Calvinist philosophers Cornelius Van Til and Herman Dooyeweerd into a short survey of contemporary humanism called By What Standard?. Arguing for a Calvinist system of thought, Rushdoony dealt with subjects as broad as epistemology and cognitive metaphysics and as narrow as the psychology of religion and predestination. He wrote a book, The One And The Many: Studies in the Philosophy of Order and Ultimacy, using Van Tillian Presuppositional philosophy to critique various aspects of secular humanism. He also wrote many essays and book reviews, published in such venues as the Westminster Theological Journal. Like Van Til, Rushdoony's philosophy was based on the presupposition that the Bible is true. Along with Westminster Theological Seminary, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) was founded by conservative Presbyterians who revolted against the modernist theology within the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) during the 1930s. ... Cornelius Van Til Cornelius Van Til (May 4, 1895 - April 17, 1987), born in Grootegast, the Netherlands, was a Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist. ... Herman Dooyeweerd Herman Dooyeweerd (1894-1977) was a Dutch juridical scholar by training, who by vocation was a philosopher, and the founder of a new approach called, the philosophy of the cosmonomic idea. ... See also the specific life stance known as Humanism For the Renaissance liberal arts movement, see Renaissance humanism Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appeal to universal human qualities... It has been suggested that Meta-epistemology be merged into this article or section. ... A Phrenological mapping of the brain. ... Psychology of religion is psychologys theory of religious experiences and beliefs. ... Predestination (also linked with foreknowledge) is a religious concept, which involves the relationship between the beginning of things and their destinies. ... Presuppositional apologetics is a school of Christian apologetics, a field of Christian theology that aims to (1) present a rational basis for the Christian faith, (2) defend the faith against objections, and (3) expose the perceived flaws of other worldviews. ... Secular humanism is a humanist philosophy that upholds reason, ethics, and justice, and specifically rejects the supernatural and the spiritual as warrants of moral reflection and decision-making. ... Westminster Theological Journal is the theological journal published by Westminster Theological Seminary. ...

Homeschooling

Rushdoony's next focus was on education, especially on behalf of homeschooling, which he saw as a way to combat the intentionally secular nature of the U.S. public school system. He vigorously attacked progressive school reformers such as Horace Mann and John Dewey and argued for the dismantling of the state's influence in education in three works: Intellectual Schizophrenia (a general and concise study of education), The Messianic Character of American Education (a history and castigation of public education in the U.S.), and The Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum (a parent-oriented pedagogical statement). Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than in a public or private school. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Progressivism. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer and abolitionist. ... John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer, whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. ...

History

Rushdoony then pursued history – of the world, of the United States, and of the church. He famously maintained that Calvinistic Christianity provided the intellectual roots for the American Revolution and had thus always had an influential impact in American history. The American Revolution, according to Rushdoony, was a "conservative counterrevolution" to preserve American liberties from British usurpation and it owed nothing to the Enlightenment. He further argued that the United States Constitution was a secular document in appearance only; it didn't need to establish Christianity as an official religion since the states were already Christian establishments.^[2] He would further this study in his works on American ideology and historiography, This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History and The Nature of the American System. John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen... “American history” redirects here. ... The Enlightenment (French: ; German: ) was an eighteenth-century movement in European and American philosophy, or the longer period including the Age of Reason. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: The United States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... Political Ideologies Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      An ideology is an organized collection of ideas. ... Historiography is a term with multiple meanings that has changed with time, place and observer, and is thus resistant to a single encompassing meaning. ...

Christian Reconstruction

See also: Dominionism and Christian Reconstructionism

Rushdoony's most important area of writing, however, was law and politics, as expressed in his small book of popular essays Law & Liberty and discussed in much greater detail in his three volume, 1894-page magnum opus, The Institutes of Biblical Law. With a title modeled after Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, Rushdoony's Institutes was arguably his most influential work. In the book, he proposed that Old Testament law should be applied to modern society and that there should be a Christian theonomy, a concept developed in his colleague Greg Bahnsen's controversial tome Theonomy and Christian Ethics, which Rushdoony heartily endorsed. In the Institutes, Rushdoony supported the reinstatement of the Mosaic law's penal sanctions. Under such a system, the list of civil crimes which carried a death sentence would include homosexuality, adultery, incest, lying about one's virginity, bestiality, witchcraft, idolatry or apostasy, public blasphemy, false prophesying, kidnapping, rape, and bearing false witness in a capital case.^[8] Although supporting the separation of church and state at the national level, Rushdoony understood both institutions as under the rule of God, and thus he conceived secularism as posing endless false antitheses, which his massive work addresses in considerable detail. In short, he sought to cast a vision for the reconstruction of society based on Christian principles. This article is on the political-religious concept of dominionism. ... Christian Reconstructionism is a religious and theological movement within Protestant Christianity that calls for Christians to put their faith into action in all areas of life. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. ... Magnum opus (sometimes Opus magnum, plural magna opera), from the Latin meaning great work,[1] refers to the best, most popular, or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer, and most commonly one who has contributed a very large amount of material. ... John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. ... Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvins seminal work on Protestant theology. ... Note: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh to refer to its canon, which corresponds to the Protestant Old Testament. ... For other uses, see Society (disambiguation). ... Theonomy The word theonomy derives from the Greek words “theos” God, and “nomos” law. ... Greg L. Bahnsen (September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an influential Christian philosopher, apologist, and debater. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... This article is about the act of adultery. ... Incest is sexual activity between two persons related by close kinship. ... “Virgin” redirects here. ... Look up Bestiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... “Witch” redirects here. ... The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin Idolatry is a major sin in the Abrahamic religions regarding image. ... Apostasy (from Greek αποστασία, meaning a defection or revolt, from απο, apo, away, apart, στασις, stasis, standing) is a term generally employed to describe the formal renunciation of ones religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. ... For the black metal band, see Blasphemy (band). ... Constantines Conversion, depicting the conversion of Emperor Constantine the Great to Christianity, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about secularism. ...

Due to the work's perceived denial of the Holocaust and defense of segregation^[9] and slavery,^[10] it did not gain an immediate following. In the work, Rushdoony argued against "inter-religious, inter-racial, and inter-cultural marriages, in that they normally go against the very community which marriage is designed to establish."^[11] But his condemnation of inter-racial marriage appears to have been his personal view and not related to the biblical text; it was not shared by other Reconstructionists.^[12] The book garnered more attention starting in the 1980s when Francis Schaeffer began espousing many similar ideas .^[13] Richard Harwoods Did Six Million Really Die? Holocaust denial is the claim that the mainstream historical version of the Holocaust is either highly exaggerated or completely falsified. ... Segregation means separation. ... Slave redirects here. ... Francis A. Schaeffer (30 January 1912 – 15 May 1984), an American Evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor, is most famous for his writings and his establishment of the LAbri community in Switzerland. ...

Rushdoony's work has been used by Dominion Theology advocates who attempt to implement a Christian theocracy, a government subject to Biblical law, especially the Torah, in the United States. Authority, behavioural boundaries, economics, penology and the like would all be governed by biblical principles in Rushdoony's vision, but he also proposed a wide system of freedom, especially in the economic sphere, and claimed Ludwig von Mises as an intellectual mentor; he called himself a Christian libertarian. Dominion Theology is a term used by some social scientists and journalists to describe a theological form of political ideology, which they claim has influenced the Christian Right in the United States, Canada, and Europe, within Protestant Christian evangelicalism and fundamentalism. ... The Torah () is the most important document in Judaism, revered as the inspired word of God, traditionally said to have been revealed to Moses. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... Penology (from the Latin poena, punishment) comprises penitentiary science: that concerned with the processes devised and adopted for the punishment, repression, and prevention of crime, and the treatment of prisoners. ... Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) (IPA: ) was a notable economist and a major influence on the modern libertarian movement. ... See also Libertarianism and Libertarian Party Libertarian,is a term for person who has made a conscious and principled commitment, evidenced by a statement or Pledge, to forswear violating others rights and usually living in voluntary communities: thus in law no longer subject to government supervision. ...

Rushdoony was the founder in 1965 of the Chalcedon Foundation and the editor of its monthly magazine, the Chalcedon Report. He also published the Journal of Christian Reconstruction and was an early board member of the Rutherford Institute, founded in 1982 by John Whitehead. He later received an honorary Doctorate from Valley Christian University for his book, The Philosophy of the Christian Curriculum. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The Chalcedon Foundation is the name for the Christian Reconstructionist organization founded by Rousas John Rushdoony. ... The Rutherford Institute is a public interest law firm and resource center based in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Another John Whitehead is a former British ambassador to Japan. ...

Criticism

Rushdoony was, and remains, a controversial figure, as does the Christian Reconstructionist movement that he founded. Many of Dominionism's critics are, in fact, other Christians. "The main weakness of the Reconstructionists' argument," says one such critic, lies in the fact that

the nation of Israel was unique in world history as God's specially selected and covenanted people. For them, and for them alone, He legislated directly, adding specific laws and penalties to the already existing moral law (without supplanting it). His purpose for doing this was to keep the Israelites "shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed" (Galatians 3:23). It should be remembered that the children of Israel had just spent four hundred years as residents of a pagan civilization, most of which time they were in bondage there as slaves. With few exceptions, they were themselves pagans at heart, as their constant backsliding into Baal-worship demonstrated, and a severe law-code was necessary to preserve the godly line through which Christ would come into the world.^[8] For other uses, see Baal (disambiguation). ...

Theologian Meredith G. Kline seconds this critique, maintaining that Reconstructionism makes the mistake of failing to understand the special prophetic role of Biblical Israel, calling it "a delusive and grotesque perversion of the teachings of scripture."^[14] Kline's student Lee Irons further argues that "Ironically ... it is the wholesale rejection (not revival) of theocratic principles that is desperately needed today if the church is to be faithful to the task of gospel witness entrusted to her in the present age.... It is only as the church ... puts aside the lust for worldly influence and power - that she will be a positive presence in society."^[15] Meredith G. Kline is an American theologian and Old Testament scholar. ...

The evangelical Christian Research Institute asks an even more basic question: are Christians supposed to be taking dominion at all? In the ICR's journal Robert Bowman, Jr. argued that "the Bible never commands Christians to take dominion. A search for such a mandate proves fruitless. The Bible never even hints that this is to be a responsibility of the church between Christ's first and second comings."^[16]

Quotations

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• Moral order establishes society in more than itself; it grounds society in truth and thereby makes possible the health and welfare of society as a whole, and it provides the best possible framework for the liberty and development of man.
  • Law & Liberty, p. 110

• Dissolve man's self-government, and you make a totalitarian authority over him a social necessity.
  • Law & Liberty, p. 18

• When man's sinful will is the only source of the law, as it is for humanism, then the law becomes legalized robbery, which is, after all, the simplest and best definition of socialism.
  • Law & Liberty, pps. 91-2

• The Western liberal pays lips service to a few Christian ideas, holds to a Marxist environmentalism, and an English parliamentarianism: like the mule, he is a hybrid and just as sterile.
  • Law & Liberty, p. 117

• Nothing is more productive of social chaos than the attempt to create a perfect system.
  • Law & Liberty, p. 122

• On political infrastructure of a Christian theocracy: "The world is in rebellion against that [Christ's] government. From these rebels and revolutionists, we hear much talk about "peace" [...] and a great deal of hostility to government. But Isaiah tied the two together: "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end". True peace, in other words, is a product of true government. When there is true law and order, then there is also true peace. Abolish law and order, and you abolish peace and create a situation of revolutionary warfare and anarchy. By abandoning Christ as Savior and King, by abandoning His government and peace, we are moving into a world of perpetual warfare. We are engaged in "perpetual warfare for perpetual peace" because we are seeking it without Christ" (Dec. 16, 1967).^{[citation needed]}

• On Christian unity in evangelistic endeavors: "When we are Christians, to the extent to any degree we are faithful to the gospel, we are bigger than ourselves. And that is why whether they are Arminian, Roman Catholic, or Calvinist, people who are truly serving the Lord are bigger than their own thinking, bigger than their own faith. We transcend ourselves. And that is the glory of the gospel. It enables us to do more than we can do. It is the grace of God working through us. It is not that we teach different gospels; we are trying to teach the same gospel even though at times our emphasis will be a warped one, a limited one, a partial one. All the same, God can use it".^{[citation needed]}

• In colonial New England the covenantal concept of church and state was applied. Everyone went to church, but only a limited number had voting rights in the church and therefore the state, because there was a coincidence of church membership and citizenship. The others were no less believers, but the belief was that only the responsible must be given responsibility. One faith, one law, and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and state, and it has worked towards reducing society to anarchy.
  • The Institutes of Biblical Law, p. 100

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Selected works

• The Institutes of Biblical Law (3 Vol.)
• By What Standard?: An Analysis of the Philosophy of Cornelius Van Til
• The One And The Many: Studies in The Philosophy of Order and Ultimacy
• This Independent Republic: Studies in the Nature and Meaning of American History
• The Nature of the American System
• The Foundations of Social Order: Studies in the Creeds and Councils of the Early Church
• Intellectual Schizophrenia: Culture, Crisis, and Education
• The Messianic Character of American Education
• Politics of Guilt & Pity
• Roots of Reconstruction
• Law & Liberty
• The Biblical Philosophy of History
• The Mythology of Science
• Christianity and the State
• The Word of Flux

References

1. ^ An interview with R. J. Rushdoony. Accessed June 9, 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} William Edgar. "The passing of R. J. Rushdoony". First Things. August/September 2001.
3. ^ Gary North. "R. J. Rushdoony, R.I.P.". LewRockwell.com. Feb. 10, 2001.
4. ^ Founder's Forward: Born Rich. December 1997.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} About R.J. Rushdoony. Accessed June 9, 2007.
6. ^ ^{a b} Gary North. "R. J. Rushdoony, R.I.P.". LewRockwell.com. Feb. 10, 2001.
7. ^ R. J. Rushdoony. NNDB. Accessed June 8, 2007
8. ^ ^{a b} Greg Loren Durand. "Reconstructionism's Commitment to Mosaic Penology". Christian Reconstruction and Its Blueprints for Dominion. Accessed June 10, 20087.
9. ^ Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this principle is an effort to reduce society to its lowest common denominator. Toleration is the excuse under which this levelling is undertaken, but the concept of toleration conceals a radical intolerance. In the name of toleration, the believer is asked to associate on a common level of total acceptance with the atheist, the pervert, the criminal, and the adherents of other religions as though no differences existed. -- R.J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law. Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1973. p. 294.
10. ^ Biblical law permits voluntary slavery because it recognizes that some people are not able to maintain a position of independence ... The law is humane and also unsentimental. It recognizes that some people are by nature slaves and will always be so. -- R.J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law. Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1973. p. 286, 251.
11. ^ R.J. Rushdoony. The Institutes of Biblical Law. Craig Press, Nutley, NJ (1973), P. 257.
12. ^ Dominionism (a.k.a. Christian Reconstructionism, Dominion Theology, and Theonomy). Religious Tolerance.org. Accessed June 9, 2007.
13. ^ John Sugg. "A Nation Under God". Mother Jones. December/January 2006.
14. ^ Meredith Kline. "Comments on an Old-New Error." The Westminster Theological Journal 41. Fall 1978.
15. ^ Lee Irons. The Reformed Theocrats - A Biblical Theological Response.
16. ^ Robert M. Bowman, Jr. "Are Christians Supposed to Take Dominion?". Christian Research Institute Journal. Fall, 1988, page 31.

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External links

• http://en.calvinism.ru - Theocratic Calvinism, theocracy, theonomy, Biblical law solves problems of western nations, applied reformed theology website located in Russia. English and Russian sections
• The Chalcedon Foundation
• Interview with R.J. Rushdoony (RealPlayer streaming video format)
• R. J. Rushdoony: Champion of Faith and Liberty
• R. J. Rushdoony - R.I.P.
• Tribute to the Father of Christian Reconstruction
• The Reformed Patriarch
• Rushdoony's Work and Legacy
• Rousas John Rushdoony (April 25, 1916 — February 8, 2001)
• Foreword to A Comprehensive Faith: A Festchrift for R.J Rushdoony (1996) by John Frame
• "The Vision of R. J. Rushdoony" - a biography by Rushdoony's son
• A 1976 Review of The Institutes of Biblical Law by John Frame