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The American Revolution: Locke Adopted
The American Revolution: Locke Adopted Part Three examines the influence Locke’s governmental reasoning had on our Founding Fathers and the establishment of American liberty. “Owing to wide circulation and study of Locke’s Two Treatise on Civil Government in America, the Founding Fathers adopted his philosophy and embodied it, not only in the U.S. Constitution, but […]
The Glorious Revolution: Locke Adapted
Continuing with John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty by Mary Elaine-Swanson… Part Two documents Locke’s philosophical and active influence on securing religious toleration and rights of Englishmen up to the time of William and Mary. “John Locke is written in a clear, concise, accessible style that maintains a good balance between the informal and the […]
John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty, An Interview with James Rose
James B. Rose, President American Christian History Institute MR. JAMES B. ROSE is a forerunner in the field of American Christian Education with over 45 years of experience as a classroom teacher, Headmaster, Bible college professor and Chairman of the Department of Education, home-schooling principal and parent, licensed minister of the Gospel, conference speaker, author, and […]
The Life and Times of John Locke
“Mary-Elaine Swanson has done an invaluable service for this and subsequent generations by resurrecting awareness and presenting an accurate knowledge of John Locke and his reasoning through an uncensored view of his life, writings, and incalculable influence on America. This book will help Americans understand the importance of Locke’s thinking for American constitutionalism today.” “You […]
Review of Mary-Elaine Swanson’s “John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty” from Mr. Darold Booton
“John Locke… was so successful in catching and expressing the liberal spirit of his age, in his work on Civil Government, that it became the platform of a great political party, and gradually widened out into an influence that operated far beyond the thought or the theory of its adherents; so that, Hallam says, […]