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Sunday, September 16, 2018

Ben Franklin on Religious "Diffidence"

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In his autobiography Ben Franklin noted that at one point in his younger life he became a "thorough deist. " Franklin immediately...
Friday, August 31, 2018

Thomas Jefferson Believed in the Resurrection

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Just not of Jesus. At least not yet. In his letter to to William Short, October 31, 1819 , Jefferson listed the doctrines which he rejecte...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

St. Athanasius and the American Founding

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I will admit that I have not done comprehensive research on the topic of St. Athanasius and the American founding. But I am aware of a few n...
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Friday, August 03, 2018

Who Was Henry Marten?

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Another question related to this post is "what is reformed Protestantism?" I was involved in the comments section at the Law and...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

Fideists Ought Not Try to Claim the Political Theology of the American Founding

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From  Thomas Jefferson to Richard Henry Lee, May 8, 1825 : All its authority rests then on the harmonizing sentiments of the day, whether ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part VII, Final.

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Last month I ran a series of posts which reproduced the first half of this article by Robert P. Kraynak about Roman Catholicism and the De...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part VI

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Parts I ,  II ,  III ,  IV , and V .  The original article . On to Part VI: II Catholicism and Natural Rights  What has Catholicism to...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part V

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Parts I ,  II ,  III , and IV .  The original article . On to Part V: In summary, the American political tradition arose from several ele...

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part IV

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Parts I , II , and III . The original article . On to Part IV: A fourth source of the American political tradition is the classical repub...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part III

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Parts I and II . Here is the original document . I Six Sources of the American Political Tradition   [...]  One important source is ...
Friday, June 15, 2018

Robert Kraynak: "Catholicism and the Declaration ..." Part II

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Here is Part I . Here is the original document . A taste: After discussing the sources of the American political tradition, I will turn t...

Robert Kraynak: "CATHOLICISM AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: AN AMERICAN DILEMMA ABOUT NATURAL RIGHTS"

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I found this nifty 30 page article here , by Robert P. Kraynak . There is a lot to it. I think I am going to reproduce small portions in sev...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Arnhart, Zuckert & West on the Ideological Makeup of the American Founding

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Thomas West has a new book out on the ideological makeup of the American Founding. The issue has been tackled before by many scholars, incl...
Monday, June 04, 2018

Mark Deforrest, RIP

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I was shocked and saddened to hear former American Creation blogger Mark Deforrest passed away, way too soon for this world. We had an onli...
Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Samuel Langdon & the Revolutionary Zeitgeist

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Samuel Langdon was probably the most notable 18th Century American preacher who taught the ancient Hebrews had a "republic." You c...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018

First Things: "GODLY POLITICS"

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By Curt Biren here . A taste: Citing Midrash Rabbah - Devarim, John Milton argued against monarchy and for republican government. Milton ...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Ezra Stiles to Jacob Richardson, July 7, 1794

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I finally came across the entire letter from Ezra Stiles (President of Yale, 1778–1795) to Jacob Richardson, July 7, 1794. You can access th...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Birzer: "Thomas Jefferson is America and America is Thomas Jefferson"

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By BRADLEY J. BIRZER, writing in The American Conservative here . I'm going to give a taste of what I think is the most controversial pa...