Economics 1776 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Nelson Darby, Premillennialism, Postmillennialism
18 Jun 2018
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Last%debate%is%next%week:%moral%obligation%to%get%rich?
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Essay%released%(?)%Due%in%a%week%and%a%half%
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Optimistic%view%of%human%agency
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The%power%of%human%agency%and%the%way%people%use%this%agency
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Morse%code
□
Westward%expansion%possible
□
Urbanization
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Industrialization
□
Material%evidence:%communication%and%transportation%technology
§
Divine%Providence
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Steered%by%the%sovereign%hand%of%God
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Theology
§
Why%are%post-millennials%optimistic%about%the%way%they%use%their%agency?
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Postmillennialism
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Possible%Christian%theology?
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Comes%up%with%very%complicated%reading%of%scripture
§
Group%thought%Jesus%was%going%to%return%in%1842%
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Did%he%return%spiritually%but%not%physically?
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The%Great%Disappointment
§
19th%century%premillennialism%is%influenced%by%John%Nelson%Darby%
(Northern%Irish%Evangelical)
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Premillennialism
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Daniel%Raymond%(19th%Century)%-- Essay%prompt%#4
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"the%road%not%taken"%-- Traditional%Puritan%political% economy
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Beginning%of%the%African%Episcopal%Church
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Wave%of%anti-formalists%
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Shift%towards%Arminian%theology
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Rise%of%free%market%political%economists%(Bowen,%Wayland,%one%other)
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Civil%War
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Puritan%Political%Economy
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Both%in%favor%of%international%trade
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Different%ideas%on%how%to%regulate
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Protection%for%any%industry%within%our%nation's%borders
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Protecting%domestic%industry%from%competition
§
Goal%for%domestic%industry%-- countries%should%be%independent%and%
able%to%supply%all%of%their%wants
§
Bowen:%rejects%free%trade%-- wants%regulations
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Wayland:%standard%with%regards%to%free%trade
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American%religious%establishment%hasn't%been%
opposed%to%democratic%principles%the%way%that%
you%would%expect
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Civil%religion%is%a%powerful%tool%of%
critique
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Prophetic%-- civil%religion%is%prophetic
}
Civil%religion%provides%for%the%moral%framework%for%
America%to%critique%slavery%that%it%is%against%is%core%
founding%values
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Ritualistic:%putting%your%hand%over%your%heart
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America's%intervention%in%WWII%-- people%
still%feel%positive%about%this%since%German%
expansion%was%an%undeniable%evil%
}
Universalism:%activistic%-- crucial%to%understanding%
American%invasion%of%Iraq%(operation%Iraqi%
freedom,%spreading%democracy)
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Robert%Bellah:%short%essay%has%been%incredibly%
influential%
®
Civil%religion%not%so%tied%to%America%(?)
®
Bowen:%protesting%domestic%industry
–
Bowen%more%interested%in%national%
agenda;%Wayland%is%caught%up%in%the%
beauty%of%the%system%-- everything%
works%so%well%together,%don't%need%
regulation%
–
Strong%commitment%to%America%and%
America's%progress
}
Are%the%clerical% economists%influenced%by%not%just%
natural%theology,%but%also%civil%religion?
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Natural%theology%looks%like%Civil%Religion
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Nationalist
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Protesting%this%ritual%-- disrespectful%to%the%
beliefs%and%ideals%of%America
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NFL%players%taking%a%knee%for%the%National%
Anthem:%example%of%Civil%Religion
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Activist -- Civil%religion%exists%in%part%to%motivate%certain%
behaviors
®
Civil%Religion:%theology%about%God%□
Civil%Religion%and%the%clerical% economists:%
§
Civil%Religion:%more%of%a%framework%that%binds%things%together,%as%opposed%
to%being%overly%Christian%
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Bowen%&%Wayland
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11/8/17
Wednesday,% November% 8,%2017
11:10%AM
