Democracy and the Ten Commandments: The Politics of Limited Government in the Bible - Brossura

Shinkoskey, Robert Kimball

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ISBN 10: 1498290094 ISBN 13: 9781498290098

Casa editrice: Resource Publications, 2016

Riassunto

For 2,000 years Western culture has leaned heavily on the Ten Commandments for guidance in religion, ethics, and morality. The author, drawing upon modern Biblical science, demonstrates that those laws were designed for an entirely different purpose-to provide alternatives to repressive policies Israel reeled under in Egypt. The Decalogue is a political document designed to limit government intrusion into private lives. Its precepts deal with matters like political parties and intellectual freedom, central banking and taxation, occupational choice, free economy, humane working conditions, local government, right to life and international relations, land possession and inheritance, equal justice and education, and citizenship and public health. The author's interpretation necessitates a wholesale repositioning of Biblical religion. The Bible is not a book about religious worship, but is rather a book about citizen-empowered local democracy. This essay suggests a way out of the woods for an American democracy that has lost its way in a headlong veer toward heavy-handed central government.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Robert Kimball Shinkoskey is the author of books in theology (Do My Prophets No Harm), Near East history (Biblical Captivity), the American presidency (The American Kings), and now ancient constitutional law. He is a graduate of Stanford University, a long-time state government worker in Utah, and a promoter of employee wellness programs.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Resource Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1498290094
• ISBN 13: 9781498290098
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 254
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