God, Governance, and Economic Man The Lessons of the Founders as Derived from Economic History

by Heck, Gene W.

• ISBN13: 9780761848165
• ISBN10: 0761848169
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-16
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

"Yet to what end? Why does free speech protect the rights of child pornographers but not Christians? Since the First Amendment makes hostility to religion as unconstitutional as the establishment of a state religion, the overarching question becomes: Why is it a matter of federal juridical concern that someone might want to rejoice in the reality that: 'Christ the Savior is born?'

Author Biography

Dr. Gene W. Heck is a senior business development economist operating throughout the Middle East. He is the author of a dozen books and holds a doctorate and three master's degrees from the University of Michigan as well as a master's in public administration from Golden Gate University. His national award winning work in economic development has produced many business expansion successes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: Manifest Destiny: God's Hand in the Building of America	p. ix
The Creed
The Faith of the Founders	p. 3
Sorting Through the Founders' Faiths	p. 33
The Cause
Portents of the Precipitous Death of God	p. 67
The Ideology of the Counter-Culture	p. 101
The Challenge
God's "Invisible Economic Hand"	p. 133
Education in the Founders' Vision for America	p. 161
Epilogue: God, Governance, and "Deicide"	p. 185
The Cure
Civic Governance: "Covenantial Change"	p. 195
Financial Meltdown: Crisis of Capitalism or Failure of Federalism?	p. 219
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 293
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