Posted in Family life, History of Homeschooling, Parental motivation, Politics of homeschooling, Socialization, tagged Albert Mohler, Amish, Christian Right, Doug Phillips, Gary North, Geoffrey Botkin, God's Harvard, Half-Way Covenant, Hanna Rosin, Harvard College, Jr., Kathryn Joyce, Michael Farris, Mormons, Old Order Mennonite, Patriarchy, Patrick Henry College, Protestantism, Puritans, Quiverfull, R.C. Sproul, Reconstructionism, Religious Right, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Southern Baptist, Unitarianism, Yale Divinity School on July 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
This post is the final installment of my treatment of Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement
In my first post I summarized the book’s content. In my second post I offered a few critiques and generalizations. Here I’d like to offer some speculations about the movement’s future, drawing on a few personal experiences in the process. (more…)
Posted in History of Homeschooling, Homeschool Jurisprudence, Homeschool Law, Politics of homeschooling, tagged Chris Klicka, Home School Legal Defense Association, Howard Ahmanson, HSLDA, John W. Whitehead, Rousas J. Rushdoony, Rousas Rushdoony, Rutherford Institute on March 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This blog is usually not really bloggy, in the sense that I don’t normally comment on other blogs posting about this or that passing tidbit. But today I’ll break from my normal modus operandi for a truly remarkable tidbit.
Yesterday I read on Rod Dreher’s “Crunchycon” blog that Howard Ahmanson, the famous Orange County Billionaire whose funding has long been of vital importance to conservative Christian causes, had become a Democrat. From the perspective of homeschooling history, this is amazing. (more…)
My book Homeschool: An American History
is the first scholarly book-length treatment of its theme. It is available for purchase
from Amazon.
