Reading. Right . Its not exactly what im thinking when i pick up the bible. But hes not alone. Hes not alone among his contemporaries in making this claim. I have some language here from john dickinson, a founder we should all be more familiar with, somewhat forgotten in our own time, but he was acclaimed in his own time as the penman of the revolution. On more than one occasion he makes almost precisely this same statement. Here i have him saying the bible is the most republican book that ever was written. Again, even these two are not alone among their contemporaries in making this statement. Now, the bible is many things to the christian. Its gods word, the whole counsel of god, its a guiding lamp, a divine handbook for doctrine, reproof, correction, instruction in righteousness. But is it republican . In what sense the bible republican . What are they talking about here . As ive already mentioned there were americans in the founding era who believed the hebrew republic which encomp
Book in the world, the most republican book in the world. Now, i have picked up my bible thousands of times over the course of my life, but ive got to be honest with you, ive never once picked it up and said now for some good republican reading. Right . Its not exactly what im thinking when i pick up the bible. But hes not alone. Hes not alone among his contemporaries in making this claim. I have some language here from john dickinson, a founder we should all be more familiar with, somewhat forgotten in our own time, but he was acclaimed in his own time as the penman of the revolution. On more than one occasion he makes almost precisely this same statement. Here i have him saying the bible is the most republican book that ever was written. Again, even these two are not alone among their contemporaries in making this statement. Now, the bible is many things to the christian. Its gods word, the whole counsel of god, its a guiding lamp, a divine handbook for doctrine, reproof, correction,
With daniel dreisbach. It shaped the founders political thought and rhetoric. This presentation will examine the founding generations appeal to scripture to answer political questions and to inform an emerging constitutional tradition. Daniel dreisbach is a professor in the school of Public Affairs at American University here in washington, d. C. Many he earned the highest faculty award, scholar teacher of the year. His Research Interests include constitutional law and the intersection of politics, law and religion in American Public life. His most recent book is reading the bible with the Founding Fathers. I have that one myself and its full of sticky tabs. I encourage you to get that and enjoy it. Please join me in welcoming dr. Dreisbach. Well, thank you very much. It is a real pleasure and a joy to be here in this magnificent facility in this tremendous resource that we have here now in the nations capital. Let me also say that its a real joy for me to share the platform with profe
And like to reflect the right . Guest it is not necessary to compartmentalize anything left or right but everyone knows what i mean when i say it. Be objection to the using binary terminology of left or right and that is true in some cases. Where does libertarian meet liberal . There are issues where there is more complexity and three dimensions. When you are talking about certain issues its easier short end is a separate left from right and we know what i am talking about is conservative and Republican Party versus democrats and the liberal movement. She is a useful distinction. Not all encompassing distinction but i am never a fan that we cant use basic terminology because the reality is too complex. Words are too simplistic for reality in general. At a certain level you simplify for conveniences sake. Host monique in indiana university. Caller good afternoon. Thank you for doing the indepth interview talking about issues ranging from immigration to political environment, business an
[inaudible conversations] doesnt tell us what to do. It tells us what we think is going to happen and then went to make choices about that. One argument is the earth is always changing. Societies can change and adapt in many ways. And, of course, we dont know if that is necessary the case with the climate problem. It may be something we can adapt to. But if you take that idea that societies can adapt, it leaves us with the question of, even if we can adapt is the second world we want to live in with his extreme heat, with the drought, the sea level rise. So many things that we care about are endangered by the change that happening and we do have a choice about them. Can human ingenuity say the plan or his catastrophe all but certain . Paul sabin on the bet tonight at nine on after words, part of booktv this weekend on cspan2 and booktvs book club is back this month with mark lubavitch, this town. Read the book and see what other viewers are saying on our Facebook Page and on twitter. W