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Gary North (economist) Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022) was an American writer, Austrian School economic historian, and leading figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement. [1] North authored or coauthored over fifty books on topics including Reformed Protestant theology, economics, and history.
Theonomy. Christian reconstructionists advocate a theonomic government and libertarian economic principles. They maintain a distinction of spheres of authority between self, family, church, and state. [13][14] For example, the enforcement of moral sanctions under theonomy is carried out by the family and church government, and sanctions for ...
Biography. Rousas John Rushdoony (Armenian: Ռուսա Հովհաննես Ռշտունի, romanized: Rrusa Hovhannes Rrshtuni) was born in New York City, the son of recently arrived Ottoman Armenian immigrants Vartanoush (née Gazarian) and Yegheazar Khachig Rushdoony. [7] Before his parents fled the Armenian genocide of 1915, his ancestors had ...
Chilton accepted a job offer from prominent Reconstructionist (and Rushdoony son-in-law) Gary North as a research assistant at The Institute for Christian Economics in Tyler, Texas. It was during his three-year stay in Texas that North commissioned Chilton to write his two books for North's imprint Dominion Press: Paradise Restored and Days of ...
The Chalcedon Foundation is an American Christian Reconstructionist organization founded by Rousas John Rushdoony in 1965. Named for the Council of Chalcedon, [2] it has also included theologians such as Gary North, who later founded his own organization, the Institute for Christian Economics.
e. Theonomy (from Greek theos "God" and nomos "law") is a hypothetical Christian form of government in which society is ruled by divine law. [1] Theonomists hold that divine law, particularly the judicial laws of the Old Testament, should be observed by modern societies. [2] The chief architects of the movement are Gary North, Greg Bahnsen, and ...
Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) [1] was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, née Seville, a prolific author in her own right. [2]
Robert P. Murphy – economist, Institute for Energy Research; Andrew Napolitano – Fox News pundit and former judge; Gary North (1942–2022) – co-founder of Christian reconstructionism and founder of Institute for Christian Economics; Ron Paul – physician, author, and former congressman