Rousas John Rushdoony

Rousas John Rushdoony

historian
theologian
philosopher
Reformed Christianity
🇺🇸United States
✝️Presbyterianism
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Rousas John Rushdoony was an Calvinist philosopher, historian, and theologian. He is credited as being the father of Christian Reconstructionism and an inspiration for the modern Christian homeschool movement. His followers and critics have argued that his thought exerts considerable influence on the evangelical Christian right.

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1916 – 2001
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Born in
New York City
Educated at
University of California, BerkeleyPacific School of Religion

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