Shane Kennedy and Surit Dasgupta get together in this special 4th of July edition of THINGS HIDDEN. The two talk about how Christianity and other forces shaped the vision of the founding fathers; how the American Revolution differs from the French Revolution; the origin of Common Law; the underdog spirit that saturates American art; why […]
Dr. Patrick Newman, editor of Rothbard’s Conceived in Liberty, calls in to discuss the nature of America’s founding and what it means for us today. Dr. Newman proposes that there is a contradiction between the constitution and the declaration of independence; he suggests that this is due to a conflict that had taken place between […]
Host David Gornoski reflects on the founding of America. What can we learn from our nation’s history when we examine it through the lens of Jesus’ anthropology? David explains how civilizations are usually founded upon violence and how we often rely on violence to sustain our societies. The injection of Jesus’ non-violent, self-sacrificial spirit into […]