RUSHDOONY, Rousas John (1916-):
an American of Armenian descent he was a THEOLOGICAL
LIBERAL who was converted to ORTHODOX CALVINISM through the writings of Cornelius Van Til.
Ordained a PRESBYTERIAN Minister, he is the leader of an increasingly influential GROUP of
CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTIONISTS who propose radical measures to restore BIBLICAL law as the
basis of SOCIETY. His Intellectual Schizophrenia: Culture Crisis and Education
(1961) has been influential in promoting CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS while This Independent
Republic (1964) was his first major work on political issues. More recently his views
have been developed in The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973 & 1978, 2 Vols.)
and through his newsletter The Chalcedon Report.
