Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's Theology, Philosophy, and Worldview
The only son of a first-generation Swedish American father and a well-educated mother with a family line stretching back to the original Puritans of New England, William H. Rehnquist was born into a middle-class, conservative Republican household in a suburb of Milwaukee in 1924. Immersed in traditional Protestant teaching that heavily relied upon the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Kansas City Statement of Faith, his worldview took shape upon a foundation of theological absolutes including the concepts of sovereign authority, man’s fallen nature, and the existence of first principles. This conservative Protestantism generally rejects accommodation with a changing society, emphasizes adherence to the dictates of the Bible, and teaches the importance of individual responsibility for social concerns. Rehnquist’s undergraduate education in political philosophy at Stanford University and his conservative legal training at Stanford Law School provided a compatible intellectual foundation that supported his conservative Protestant worldview application to the law.
The only son of a first-generation Swedish American father and a well-educated mother with a family line stretching back to the original Puritans of New England, William H. Rehnquist was born into a middle-class, conservative Republican household in a suburb of Milwaukee in 1924. Immersed in traditional Protestant teaching that heavily relied upon the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Kansas City Statement of Faith, his worldview took shape upon a foundation of theological absolutes including the concepts of sovereign authority, man’s fallen nature, and the existence of first principles. This conservative Protestantism generally rejects accommodation with a changing society, emphasizes adherence to the dictates of the Bible, and teaches the importance of individual responsibility for social concerns. Rehnquist’s undergraduate education in political philosophy at Stanford University and his conservative legal training at Stanford Law School provided a compatible intellectual foundation that supported his conservative Protestant worldview application to the law.
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Hardcover
390 pages
Publisher: Lexington Books (December 31, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1498570593
ISBN-13: 978-1498570596
Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.74 pounds