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Easy Chair No. 146, May 14, 1987 — Book Reviews: Roots, Vision, and the Future Under God
In Easy Chair 146 (May 14, 1987), R.J. Rushdoony argues that a culture survives only when it honors both past and future: despising the past makes a people rootless, while losing a God-given vision for the future leaves only nostalgia—relics without meaning and prosperity without purpose. He warns that this same past-orientation infects churchmen who cling to “security” instead of obeying Scripture’s mandate to advance God’s Kingdom, using history as a cautionary tale: the medieval church allied with fading rural power while the city rose, helping set the stage for an urban Reformation…
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