Archive for the ‘Important People’ Category
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2011 Blog, Christianity, Church History, Classical, History, Important People, TheologyA Merry Christmas to you and yours from everyone here at Faith and Heritage.
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G.K. Chesterton on Economics
December 22, 2011 Christianity, Economics, Finances, History, Ideology, Important People, Modern, Politics, TheonomySeveral months back, I posted an excellent quote by G.K. Chesterton on democracy and tradition, and today I’ll be following that up with some excerpts and discussion of Chesterton on economics. To reiterate, G.K. Chesterton was a British writer and …
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Calvin on the Libertatis Doctrina: A Response to Reformed Covenanter
December 20, 2011 Christianity, Church History, Ethnonationalism, History, Important People, Race, Refuting "Christian" Marxism, Theology, TheonomyOn the 25th of October, the Reformed Covenanter blog published an article on John Calvin’s apparent rejection of the “satanic heresy of racial segregation.” In this article, Calvin’s sermon on Galatians 2:11-14 is quoted, and by virtue of the …
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James A. Michener: Pedantic, Pedestrian, Poet of Diversity, Part 2
November 30, 2011 Africans, Books, Christianity, Classical, Culture, Europeans, History, Important People, Jews, Modern, Popular Culture, Race, TheologyRead the first half of the series here. In addition to Michener’s obvious themes of multiculturalism (by force, if necessary) and miscegenation, another trope that turns up often in his works is a particular admiration for the romanticized …
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James A. Michener: Pedantic, Pedestrian, Poet of Diversity, Part 1
November 28, 2011 Africans, American, Asians, Books, Christianity, Culture, Europeans, History, Important People, Modern, Popular Culture, Race, TheologyIntroduction Being a watchman for Christ in this generation requires knowledge of what propaganda is and how it can be used most effectively. Certainly, a Christian discerner would be able to articulate the insidious nature of such works as …
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Cultural Development and Social Order
September 14, 2011 Christianity, Church History, Ethnonationalism, History, Important People, Race, Refuting "Christian" Marxism, Theology, TheonomyIn his Lectures on Calvinism, held at Princeton University in 1898, the theologian Abraham Kuyper argued for the doctrine of common grace, in which he argued that believers and non-believers should work together for the common good and advancement …
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Sir Walter Scott
August 15, 2011 Blog, Books, Colonial, Culture, Europe, History, Important People, PoetryToday 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 university at age 12 and began his law studies at …
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A Reason Not to Celebrate Mandela Day
July 18, 2011 Current Events, History, Important People, Modern, Politics, South Africa and RhodesiaIn November 2009, the United Nations declared July 18 as “The Nelson Mandela International Day,” a day to be celebrated in his honour. This makes today, Mandela’s 93rd birthday, to be the second official UN Mandela day. The day is …
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Honoring Sir Isaac Newton
July 5, 2011 Blog, Books, Colonial, History, Important People, ScienceToday 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 was the third time that books by Newton had …
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Eratosthenes
June 11, 2011 Blog, Classical, Europe, History, Important People, ScienceAccording to the ancient Greek scholar Eratosthenes, June 11th, 1134 BC marks the date and year of the sacking and burning of the city of Troy. If true, this would mean that the climax of the events which took …
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