Category: Colonial

Sir Walter Scott

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Sir Walter Scott

  • August 15, 2011   

Today marks Sir Walter Scott‘s 240th birthday.  Born in 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scott would become one of the greats of English-language literature and a national Scottish hero.  Scott entered[…]

Scots Wha Hae

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Scots Wha Hae

  • July 30, 2011   

    Written in 1793 by legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns, Scots Wha Hae is a fictional speech given by Robert the Bruce before the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. […]

Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 2

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Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 2

  • July 15, 2011   

Part 1 of the series   In this series, we are examining the sixteenth-century Huguenot book Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants), a Christian treatise on the[…]

St. Basil’s Cathedral

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

  • July 12, 2011   

Today marks the 450th anniversary of the completion of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.  Taking six years to construct and being finished in 1561, the cathedral was commissioned to[…]

Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 1

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Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos, Part 1

  • July 8, 2011   

  Published in 1579,  Vindiciae Contra Tyrannos (A Defense of Liberty Against Tyrants) is a Christian treatise on the relationships among God, the civil magistrate, and the people, discussing when[…]

Honoring Sir Isaac Newton

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Honoring Sir Isaac Newton

  • July 5, 2011   

Today marks the 324th anniversary of the publishing of Sir Isaac Newton’s book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy).  Principia is a set of three volumes and[…]

The British? 1776?

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The British? 1776?

  • July 4, 2011   

  In view of this year’s Fourth-of-July celebrations, a poll was conducted asking Americans the following two questions: “On July 4th we celebrate Independence Day.  From which country did the[…]

Westernization: An Ethical Perspective

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Westernization: An Ethical Perspective

  • April 18, 2011   

Westernization, or Occidentalization, is a process whereby non-Western peoples come to adopt Western lifestyle, customs, and values. At its core, it is a process of acculturation, where one culture changes[…]

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    Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. - Deuteronomy 32:7-8