Chalcedon Report No. 5..........................................................

american history & the constitution
American History to 1865
Tape series by R.J. Rushdoony. These
tapes are the most theologically complete
assessment of early American history
available, yet retain a clarity and vividness
of expression that make them ideal
for students. Rev. Rushdoony reveals
a foundation of American History of
philosophical and theological substance.
He describes not just the facts of history,
but the leading motives and movements
in terms of the thinking of the day. Though this series does not extend
beyond 1865, that year marked the beginning of the secular attempts
to rewrite history. There can be no understanding of American
History without an understanding of the ideas which undergirded its
founding and growth. Set includes 18 tapes, student questions, and
teacher’s answer key in album.
18 tapes in album, RR144ST-18,
Set of “American History to 1865”, $90.00
Tape 1 1. Motives of Discovery & Exploration I
2. Motives of Discovery & Exploration II
Tape 2 3. Mercantilism
4. Feudalism, Monarchy & Colonies/The Fairfax Resolves 1-8
Tape 3 5. The Fairfax Resolves 9-24
6. The Declaration of Independence &
Articles of Confederation
Tape 4 7. George Washington: A Biographical Sketch
8. The U. S. Constitution, I
Tape 5 9. The U. S. Constitution, II
10. De Toqueville on Inheritance & Society
Tape 6 11. Voluntary Associations & the Tithe
12. Eschatology & History
Tape 7 13. Postmillennialism & the War of Independence
14. The Tyranny of the Majority
Tape 8 15. De Toqueville on Race Relations in America
16. The Federalist Administrations
Tape 9 17. The Voluntary Church, I
18. The Voluntary Church, II
Tape 10 19. The Jefferson Administration,
the Tripolitan War & the War of 1812
20. Religious Voluntarism on the Frontier, I
Tape 11 21. Religious Voluntarism on the Frontier, II
22. The Monroe & Polk Doctrines
Tape 12 23. Voluntarism & Social Reform
24. Voluntarism & Politics
Tape 13 25. Chief Justice John Marshall: Problems of
Political Voluntarism
26. Andrew Jackson: His Monetary Policy
Tape 14 27. The Mexican War of 1846 / Calhoun’s Disquisition
28. De Toqueville on Democratic Culture
Tape 15 29. De Toqueville on Equality & Individualism
30. Manifest Destiny
Tape 16 31. The Coming of the Civil War
32. De Toqueville on the Family
Tape 17 33. De Toqueville on Democracy & Power
34. The Interpretation of History, I
Tape 18 35. The Interpretation of History, II
This Independent Republic
By Rousas John Rushdoony. First published in 1964,
this series of essays gives important insight into
American history by one who could trace American
development in terms of the Christian ideas which
gave it direction.
These essays will greatly alter your understanding
of, and appreciation for, American history. Topics
discussed include: the legal issues behind the War
of Independence; sovereignty as a theological
tenet foreign to colonial political thought and the Constitution; the
desire for land as a consequence of the belief in “inheriting the land”
as a future blessing, not an immediate economic asset; federalism’s
localism as an inheritance of feudalism; the local control of property
as a guarantee of liberty; why federal elections were long considered
of less importance than local politics; how early American ideas
attributed to democratic thought were based on religious ideals of
communion and community; and the absurdity of a mathematical
concept of equality being applied to people.
Paperback, 163 pages, index, $17.00
The Nature of the American System
By R.J. Rushdoony. Originally published in 1965,
these essays were a continuation of the author’s
previous work, This Independent Republic, and
examine the interpretations and concepts which
have attempted to remake and rewrite America’s
past and present. “The writing of history then,
because man is neither autonomous, objective
nor ultimately creative, is always in terms of a
framework, a philosophical and ultimately religious framework in
the mind of the historian…. To the orthodox Christian, the shabby
incarnations of the reigning historiographies are both absurd and
offensive. They are idols, and he is forbidden to bow down to them
and must indeed wage war against them.”
Paperback, 180 pages, index, $18.00
Retreat From Liberty
A tape set by R.J. Rushdoony. 3 lessons on
“The American Indian,” “A Return to Slavery,”
and “The United Nations – A Religious
Dream.”
3 cassette tapes, RR251ST-3, $9.00
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