nedryun | September 14, 2009

Ned Ryun Concludes (for now) his Series on the Constitutional Convention:
In this episode:

A look back on the series.
A comparison to W.B. Yates’ The Second Coming.
Macro view of original intent and the Founding Fathers.
A critique of modern “Progressives.”
Where we are going as a nation and how we should get there.

Category: History of the Constitutional Convention | 1 Comment »
Tags: Abraham Kuyper, Alexis de Tocqueville, Benjamin Franklin, Constitution Day, Democracy in America, Federalist 51, James Madison, Netherlands, Preamble, Progressives, Self Government, Separation of Powers, The Second Coming, Utopian Statists, W.B. Yates

nedryun | June 8, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

Religion and the Founding Fathers.
The Founding Fathers were not deists, atheists and agnostics as some have characterized.
A look at the first settlers and their motivations.
Colonial Protestantism, the Puritans, and the influence of Covenant Theology on early American society.
Comments about Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
Quotes from [...]

Category: History of the Constitutional Convention | 1 Comment »
Tags: Agnosticism, Atheism, Benjamin Franklin, Calvinism, Capitalism, Christianity, Church of England, Clinton Rossiter, Covenant Theology, Declaration of Independence, Deism, Founding Fathers, Freedom of Religion, Individualism, James Madison, Jesus Christ, John Adams, John Locke, John Quincy Adams, Protestantism, Puritanism, Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Samuel Rutherford, Self Government, Separation of Church and State, Slavery, Social Contract, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Toleration, U.S. Constitution