The Modern State, an Ancien Regime

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Sep 30, 2026 · 6m

In “The Modern State, an Ancient Regime,” Rushdoony argues that the modern humanistic state is not a new creation but a revival of ancient pagan sovereignty, claiming to be both the incarnation of man and the ultimate source of law and morality, thereby usurping the role of God and mirroring—by inversion—the Biblical doctrine of Christ as the true Adam and federal head of redeemed humanity. By making itself the lawgiver, the state becomes the arbiter of good and evil, demanding religious allegiance and imposing moral reform through bureaucratic agencies rather than divine law, while steadily…