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New page: '''Rousas John Rushdoony''' (1916–2001) was an American minister and teacher, the founder of American home schooling. Born in New York City to a family of mixed [[Arm...
'''Rousas John Rushdoony''' (1916–2001) was an [[American]] minister and teacher, the [[founder]] of American [[home schooling]]. Born in [[New York City]] to a family of mixed [[Armenia]]n and Irish descent, Rushdoony moved to the Midwest as soon as he was able and set up a school for children whose parents didn't want them attending [[public school]]. His popular book ''[[Law and Liberty]]'' borrowed much from both Bahnsen's ''Theonomy and Christian Ethics'' and van Goorle's ''Philosophical Exercises'', but it added something new to the mix: the concept of [[Mosaic law]]. In a ''gedankenexperiment'', Rushdoony considered what would happen if the law of [[Moses]] was enforced in the [[United States]], and didn't like what he saw.
:''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.''<ref>''Law & Liberty'', p. 117. Note that the [[evolution]]ary theory of the mule as a "hybrid" species may or may not be scientifically accurate.</ref>
Rushdoony was a strident opponent of the system we have today in many countries, which he termed theo''nomy'' — rule in the "name" (''nomos'') of [[God]] — as opposed to theo''logy'' — rule by the "word" (''logos'') of [[God]]. Many of his [[essay]]s and papers referred to this "theonomy" in harsh terms.
:''We may say "In God we trust", but, all in all, who among us has a neighbor who can make the same claim and mean it?''<ref>"In God We Trust", 1966.</ref>
After his death in 1953, Rushdoony moved to [[Los Angeles]], where he continued to teach and exercised [[expert witness]] status in several court cases. He had five children: Mark, John, Matthew, Luke, and Sharon. Sharon is currently married to [[Gary North]], an activist and founder of the right-wing news site ''CredibilityWatch.org''.<ref>[http://www.credibilitywatch.org/ ''CredibilityWatch.org'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/892/000058718/ Gary North] at ''nndb.com''</ref> Mark runs an [[evangelical]] ministry in San Juan Capistrano.
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:''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.''<ref>''Law & Liberty'', p. 117. Note that the [[evolution]]ary theory of the mule as a "hybrid" species may or may not be scientifically accurate.</ref>
Rushdoony was a strident opponent of the system we have today in many countries, which he termed theo''nomy'' — rule in the "name" (''nomos'') of [[God]] — as opposed to theo''logy'' — rule by the "word" (''logos'') of [[God]]. Many of his [[essay]]s and papers referred to this "theonomy" in harsh terms.
:''We may say "In God we trust", but, all in all, who among us has a neighbor who can make the same claim and mean it?''<ref>"In God We Trust", 1966.</ref>
After his death in 1953, Rushdoony moved to [[Los Angeles]], where he continued to teach and exercised [[expert witness]] status in several court cases. He had five children: Mark, John, Matthew, Luke, and Sharon. Sharon is currently married to [[Gary North]], an activist and founder of the right-wing news site ''CredibilityWatch.org''.<ref>[http://www.credibilitywatch.org/ ''CredibilityWatch.org'']</ref><ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/892/000058718/ Gary North] at ''nndb.com''</ref> Mark runs an [[evangelical]] ministry in San Juan Capistrano.
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:People]]