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  • Paperback: 326 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (April 27, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1469622742
  • ISBN-13: 978-1469622743
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5.0 out of 5 starsMcVicar's book is an excellent exploration and analysis of R
By Canuck Monk on August 26, 2015
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Last year before I started grad school I thought Christian Reconstructionism would be an interesting topic to tackle. I wasn't aware of much research done on Christian Reconstructionism but I quickly discovered there were at least two substantial books on the movement - "Christian Reconstruction: R.J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism" by Michael J. McVicar and "Building God's Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction" by Julie J. Ingersoll.

McVicar's book is an excellent exploration and analysis of R.J. Rushdoony, Christian Reconstructionism's primary pioneer, and the movement itself. The first few chapters follows Rushdoony and his early years as a missionary on a Native American reserve. During this period, Rushdoony also came across the works of Cornelius Van Til, the Calvinist theologian and philosopher. These experiences proved formative; Rushdoony witnessed the lawlessness that afflicted the reserve (perhaps providing the impetus for Rushdoony's fervent focus on biblical law as a means of restoring holiness and order), Rushdoony lamented the state's inability and negligence in caring for the Native Americans and Rushdoony's embrace of Van Tillian presuppositionalism would provide the intellectual framework for his work and thought. After leaving the reservation Rushdoony found himself in southern California where he began exercising influence thanks to the initial support of conservative Christian housewives who wanted him to lead their Bible studies. He would establish the Chalcedon Foundation which would disseminate his ideas through letters, tracts and books (most notably the massive "Institutes of Biblical Law") and tirelessly tour to promote Christian Reconstructionism.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsEssential Reading
By Lauregon on November 9, 2015
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I found McVicar's book on Rousas Rushdoony to be a terrific resource regarding Rushdoony and his exceptional and extensive albeit subterranean influence on conservative politics in America today. Anyone willing to learn about Christian Reconstructionism and its toxic effects on American politics will be well served by McVicar's valuable book. As somone who had relatives who supported Rushdoony early on during his rise to influence in Southern California, I looked forward for months to the book's publication, and found all I hoped it to be. As companion volumes on the topic of the theocratic movement in 21st century America, I also recommend Julie J. Ingersoll's 2015 book, Building God's Kingdom - Inside the World of Christian Reconstructionism, and James C Sanford's 2015 book, BluePrint for Theocracy.
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn important contribution in the understanding of a minor figure in late 20th-century religious history
By Anson Cassel Mills on February 29, 2016
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Reading this revised dissertation is a bit like eating spinach: you know it’s good for you, but it’s not fun. R. J. Rushdoony was a brilliant man with odd ideas and a prickly personality who taught other brilliant men with prickly personalities—who then developed their own odd ideas, which Rushdoony resolutely condemned.

McVicar has made an important contribution to understanding the genesis and development of the Christian Reconstruction movement through a careful study of Rushdoony’s personal papers. Nevertheless, I doubt the movement was as influential in the development of the Religious Right as McVicar argues. Rushdoony regularly accused other Christian militants, like Francis Schaeffer, of stealing his ideas; but it’s more likely that men who took the Bible seriously—especially those from a Reformed background—took more inspiration from the Book than from Rushdoony. Certainly more influential in the rise of the Religious Right was Rushdoony’s contemporary, fundamentalist Presbyterian Carl McIntire (1906-2002), whom McVicar nearly ignores, except (amusingly under the circumstances) to call “God’s angriest man.”
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3.0 out of 5 starsReview - First Major Book About R. J. Rushdoony By Martin G. Selbrede
By Mr. Phillip W. Ellery on May 20, 2015
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Dr. Michael J. McVicar has written the first major scholarly work on the history of Christian Reconstruction, unraveling the complexities of the impact made upon our culture by the work of R. J. Rushdoony. While the work’s 1,017 endnotes1 underscore the academic workmanship of the author, the value of the underlying research is in its reliance on original sources (rare in a field of study where second- and third-hand sourcing and hearsay are the general rule). The quality and relevance of Dr. McVicar’s sources are as important as the comprehensive range they cover.

From one standpoint, such a study is overdue. As the author points out, “In the 1980s, after nearly two decades of studiously ignoring Rushdoony, many influential church leaders and evangelical intellectuals suddenly realized that Rushdoony’s ideas were everywhere. And this required explanation.”2 Part of the explanation is unflattering: Rushdoony was the object of academic blackouts, such as “Christianity Today’s unwritten policy of ignoring Rushdoony whenever possible … however, this blackout had a significant unintended consequence…”3 This book provides the first major counterpoise to decades of blackouts and self-inflicted ignorance.

How many individuals warrant a book-length treatment from a major university press? The mere existence of this book is indicative of the significance of R. J Rushdoony’s contributions to the world of ideas. That such a book would go further and attempt to clarify the man’s impact, to determine what should and should not be laid to his blame or credit, and to attempt to rightly estimate his stature among movers and shakers visible and invisible, is even more remarkable.Read more ›
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