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2.2 – Anti-Federalism Dies Hard

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Who’s tired of all the bickering and mudslinging going on between the two parties? How about we spend some time away from the political fray and go back in time…to talking about two different parties and their bickering?! Join Kevon and Phil for 20 minutes of Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists in the fight over the nature of power and governance in our nation.

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Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

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2.1 – European Philosophy in US History

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It’s here! Season 2 has arrived, and we’re going to go back to our roots and look at the basics of the US Constitution by actually using the curriculum that Phil and Kevon use in their classrooms. This week, we cover European philosophy of the Enlightenment era while also touching on the governing structures of ancient Rome and ancient Greece.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes (Of “Calvin and” fame)

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1.25 – Basic Civics

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Phil and Kevon are so sorry that they have been gone for so long. They will be back in the studio soon. Until they do, here’s some audio from a class Phil taught at his church. The class was based upon Tony Evan’s book How Should Christians Votes?, which we’ve mentioned several times before.

We hope you enjoy this “substitute” episode and will help us by spreading the word as The Ignorance of Church and State gears up for Season 2.

We’re also sorry about the audio from this episode. There was an error with the microphone. It was a user error. Phil was the user.

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How Should Christians Vote? by Tony Evans

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1.22 – Two Party (System) Pooper

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Why do we have a two-party system? Hard to say, since George Washington didn’t want us to. Are these two parties part of our government or merely our tradition? How do they emerge? How do they die? What do we do when neither party fits our needs? We’ll try to answer at least half of these questions with at least one-third accuracy.

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Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig – We haven’t read this yet.
Common Sense with Dan Carlin

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1.21 – HOW Should Christians Vote?

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We’ve had the two conventions. We have the two candidates. Everyone seems to have answer “Who should I vote for?” but how many have asked “How should Christians vote?”

That’s exactly what we’re going to get today.

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How Should Christians Vote? by Tony Evans – Today’s episode was based upon a class Phil taught at church, which was based in part on this book.

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