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RMC Featured Books
Aikman, David, 2003, Jesus in Beijing
How Christianity is booming in China
Bartholomew, James, 2006, The Welfare State We're In
How the welfare state makes crime, education, families, and health care worse.
Beito, David T., 2000, From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State
How ordinary people built a sturdy social safety net in the 19th century
Coulson, Andrew J., 1999, Market Education
How universal literacy was achieved before government education
De Soto, Hernando, 2000, The Mystery of Capital
How ordinary people in the United States wrote the law during the 19th century
Finke, Roger, and Stark, Rodney, 1992, The Churching of America, 1776-1990
How the United States grew into a religious nation
Fogel, Robert William, 2000, The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
How progressives must act fast if they want to save the welfare state
Green, David G, ed., 1999, Before Beveridge: Welfare Before the Welfare State
How ordinary people built themselves a sturdy safety net before the welfare state
Hayek, F. A., 1973, Law Legislation and Liberty, Vol 1
How to build a society based upon law
Kaestle, Carl F., 1983, Pillars of the Republic
How we got our education system
Maine, Henry, 1972, Ancient Law
How the movement of progressive peoples is from status to contract
Martin, David, 2002, Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish
How Pentecostalism is spreading across the world
Skocpol, Theda, 2003, Diminished Democracy
How the US used to thrive under membership associations and could do again
Stevenson, David, 1990, The Origins of Freemasonry
How modern freemasonry got started in Scotland
Tooley, James, 2000, Reclaiming Education
How only a market in education will provide opportunity for the poor
Tooley, James, 2003, The Miseducation of Women
How the feminists wrecked education for boys and for girls
West, E.G., 1994, Education and the State
How education was doing fine before the government muscled in
Zane, John Maxcy, 1998, The Story of Law
How law developed from early times down to the present
Other RMC Books
Ahlstrom, S.E., 1972, A religious history of the American people
Anbinder, Tyler, 2001, Five Points
Ankerberg, John, and Weldon, John, 1998, Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs
Armstrong, Karen, 1994, A History of God
Armstrong, Karen, 2000, The Battle for God.
Barzun, Jacques, 2000, From Dawn to Decadence
Beck, Don Edward, and Cowan, Christopher C, 1996, Spiral Dynamics
Best, Geoffrey, 1979, Mid-Victorian Britain 1851-75
Bethell, Tom, 1998, The Noblest Triumph
Brace, C.L., 1880, The Dangerous classes of New York
Brands, H.W., 2000, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Bretall, Robert, 1973, A Kierkegaard Anthology
Broughton, John M. et al, 1982, The Cognitive-developmental Psychology of James Mark Baldwin
Burke, Edmund, 1937, Edmund Burke“Edmund Burke”
includes Reflections of the Revolution in France
Burke, James, 1985, The Day The Universe Changed
Burns, MacGregor and Murray, Williamson, ed., 2001, The dynamics of military revolution, 1300-2050“The dynamics of military revolution, 1300-2050”
Bushman, C.L. and R.L., 1999, Mormons in America
Campbell, Joseph, 1968, The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Carnes, Tony, 2001/4/13, “The Pentecostal City”, The Wall Street Journal
Carter, Stephen L., 2001, God’s Name in Vain
Chernow, Ron, 2005, Alexander Hamilton“Alexander Hamilton”
Clark, Gregory, 2007, A Farewell to Alms“A Farewell to Alms”
How the industrial revolution turned survival of the richest into upward mobility
Cleary, Edward L. et al., 1997, Power, Politics, and Pentecostals in Latin America
Collins et al, Daryl, 2009, Portfolios for the Poor“Portfolios for the Poor”
how the poor handle their finances
Combe, Victoria, 2001/12/26, “Curate's course feeds a spiritual hunger”, The Daily Telegraph
Cornford, Francis, 1945, The Republic of Plato
Cross, Whitney, 1950, The Burned-over District
Crunden, R.M., 1982, Ministers of Reform: the Progressives’ Achievement in American civilization, 1889 - 1920
Dalrymple, Theodore, 2001, Life at the Bottom,
De Soto, Hernando, 1990, The Other Path“The Other Path”
how the informal economy works in Lima, Peru
Dobb, C. B., 1991, Sociology: An Introduction,
Eksteins, Modris, 1989, Rites of Spring
Eliot, Charles W., 1909, The Religion of the Future
Eliot, George, 1996, Adam Bede“Adam Bede”
British country life at turn of 19th century
Febvre, Lucien, 1975, The Coming of the Book
Fletcher, Richard, 1999, The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity
Fogel, Robert William, 1989, Without Consent or Contract“Without Consent or Contract”
the history of plantation slavery in the New World
Foster, C.I., 1960, An errand of mercy, The evangelical united front, 1790-1837,
Friedan, Betty, 1963, The Feminine Mystique
Fukuyama, Francis, 1996, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity“Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity”
on various levels of trust in different societies
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1963, American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power“American Capitalism: The Concept of Countervailing Power”
apology for rule by big business big labor and big government
Garrard-Burnett, Virginia, and Stoll, David, 1993, Rethinking Protestantism in Latin America
Gebser, Jean, 1984, The Everpresent Origin
Gould, Philip, 1999, The Unfinished Revolution
Graña, César, 1964, Bohemian versus Bourgeois
Hamilton, etc., Alexander, 1999, The Federalist Papers“The Federalist Papers”
Hardy, Thomas, 1988, Tess of the D'Urbervilles“Tess of the D'Urbervilles”
the violation and abandonment of a country girl
Harris, E. Lowell, 1951, History and Policies of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation“History and Policies of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation”
Harris, Lee, 2004, Civilization and Its Enemies
Hofstadter, Richard, 1963, Anti-intellectualism in American Life
Hofstadter, Richard, 1955, The Age of Reform
Hunt, Morton, 1993, The Story of Psychology
Hunter, James Davison, 1991, Culture Wars
Johnson, Paul, 1979, A History of Christianity
Josephson, Matthew, 1962, The Robber Barons
Kaufmann, Walter, 1992, Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Lane, Frederick C., 1973, Venice A Maritime Republic
Lane, Frederick C., 1992, Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance
Loevinger, Jane, 1976, Ego Development
MacIntyre, Alasdair, 2007, After Virtue“After Virtue”
Markham, Jerry W., 2001, A Financial History of the United States“A Financial History of the United States”
included info on McFadden Act
Martin, David, 1990, Tongues of Fire
Marx, Karl, 1860, ,
Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich, 1992, The Communist Manifesto
McCloskey, Deirdre, 2007, The Bourgeois Virtues“The Bourgeois Virtues”
on the inescapable need for the virtues
McLoughlin, William G., 1978, Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform
Meltzer, Milton, 1971, Slavery, from the rise of western civilization to the Renaissance,
Meltzer, Milton, 19xx,, Slavery, A World History
Morris, William, 19xx, Art and Socialism
Mosier, John, 2001, The Myth of the Great War“The Myth of the Great War”
how the Germans adapted their tactics to the reality of the lethal battlefield
Nigosian, S.A., 1993, The Zoroastrian Faith
Novack, George, 1966, Existentialism versus Marxism
celebration of Marxism and Existentialism
Novak, Michael, 1991, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism“The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism”
Odom, William E., 1998, The Collapse of the Soviet Military
Peterson, Jesse Lee, 2000, From Rage to Responsibility
Piven, Frances Fox, Cloward, Richard A, 1972, Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare
Revel, Jean-Francois, 1978, The Totalitarian Temptation“The Totalitarian Temptation”
Riis, Jacob A., 1997, How the Other Half Lives,
Ryken, Leland, 1990, Worldly Saints
Scruton, Roger, 1984, A Short History of Modern Philosophy
from the invention of the Cartesian ego to its destruction
Seymour-Jones, Carole, 1992, Beatrice Webb: A Life“Beatrice Webb: A Life”
partner of Sidney Webb and developer of Britain's welfare state
Shaw, Bernard, ed., 1889, Fabian Essays in Socialism
Sheehan, James J., 1989, German History 1770-1866
Smith, Brian H., 1998, Religious Politics in Latin America: Pentecostal vs. Catholic
Smith, Huston, 1991, The World’s Religions
Sowell, Thomas, 1998, Conquests and Cultures
Stark, Rodney, 2004, Exploring the Religious Life
Stark, Rodney, and Bainbridge, William Sims, 1985, The Future of Religion
Stark, Rodney, and Bainbridge, William Sims, 1996, A Theory of Religion
Stark, Rodney, and Finke, Roger, 2000, Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion
Stern, William J, 1997, “How Dagger John Saved New York’s Irish”, City Journal, Manhattan Institute
Stevenson, George M, 1952, The Puritan Heritage
Stoll, David, 1990, Is Latin America Turning Protestant?
Sweet, W., 1952, Religion in the development of American culture 1764-1840
Taylor, Charles, 1992, Sources of the Self
How the modern notion of the self emerged in the west
Thirsk, J, ed., 1967, The Agrarian History of England and Wales
Thoreau, Henry David, 1997, Walden
Tooley, James, 2009, The Beautiful Tree“The Beautiful Tree”
how third world private schools educate the poor
Trattner, Walter I., 1994, From Poor Law to Welfare State“From Poor Law to Welfare State”
On the development of government welfare
Turner, Frederick, 1999, Shakespeare's Twenty-first Century Economics“Shakespeare's Twenty-first Century Economics”
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi, 2009, Off the Books“Off the Books”
how the economy works in the inner city
Wade, Nicholas, 2006, Before the Dawn“Before the Dawn”
using gene tracking on early humans
Webster, Donovan, 2002/01, “China’s Unknown Gobi”, National Geographic
Wilson, A.N., 1999, God’s Funeral
Wilson, August, 2003, Jitney
Wood, Gordon S., 1992, The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Woodson, Robert L., 1998, The Triumphs of Joseph
World Bank, 2006, Where Is the Wealth of Nations?“Where Is the Wealth of Nations?”
Intangible capital is the largest share of wealth
Zinn, Howard, 1997, The Zinn Reader“The Zinn Reader”
Chappies
“But I saw a man yesterday who knows a fellow who had it from a chappie
that said that Urquhart had been dipping himself a bit recklessly off the deep end.”
—Freddy Arbuthnot
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
Civil Society
“Civil Society”—a complex welter of intermediate institutions, including businesses, voluntary associations, educational institutions, clubs, unions, media, charities, and churches—builds, in turn, on the family, the primary instrument by which people are socialized into their culture and given the skills that allow them to live in broader society and through which the values and knowledge of that society are transmitted across the generations.
Francis Fukuyama, Trust
Hugo on Genius
“Tear down theory, poetic systems... No more rules, no more models... Genius conjures up
rather than learns... ” —Victor Hugo
César Graña, Bohemian versus Bourgeois
Education
“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State
Faith & Purpose
“When we began first to preach these things, the people appeared as awakened from the sleep of ages—they seemed to see for the first time that they were responsible beings, and that a refusal to use the means appointed was a damning sin.”
Finke, Stark, The Churching of America, 1776-1990
Conversion
“When we received Christ,” Phil added, “all of a sudden we now had a rule book to go by, and when we had problems the preacher was right there to give us the answers.”
James M. Ault, Jr., Spirit and Flesh
Postmodernism
A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ’merely relative’, is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.
Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy
Faith and Politics
As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable...
[1.] protection of life in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death; [2.] recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family... [3.] the protection of the right of parents to educate their children.
Pope Benedict XVI, Speech to European Peoples Party, 2006
China and Christianity
At first, we thought [the power of the West] was because you had more powerful guns than we had. Then we thought it was because you had the best political system. Next we focused on your economic system. But in the past twenty years, we have realized that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity.
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing
Religion, Property, and Family
But the only religions that have survived are those which support property and the family.
Thus the outlook for communism, which is both anti-property and anti-family, (and also anti-religion), is not promising.
F.A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit
Conservatism
Conservatism is the philosophy of society. Its ethic is fraternity and its characteristic is authority — the non-coercive social persuasion which operates in a family or a community. It says ‘we should...’.
Danny Kruger, On Fraternity
US Life in 1842
Families helped each other putting up homes and barns. Together, they built churches, schools, and common civic buildings. They collaborated to build roads and bridges. They took pride in being free persons, independent, and self-reliant; but the texture of their lives was cooperative and fraternal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
