{"product_id":"america-on-trial-robert-reilly-9781586179489","title":"America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Founding of the American Republic is on trial. Critics say it was a poison pill with a time-release formula; we are its victims. Its principles are responsible for the country's moral and social disintegration because they were based on the Enlightenment falsehood of radical individual autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this well-researched book, Robert Reilly declares: not guilty. To prove his case, he traces the lineage of the ideas that made the United States, and its ordered liberty, possible. These concepts were extraordinary when they first burst upon the ancient world: the Judaic oneness of God, who creates ex nihilo and imprints his image on man; the Greek rational order of the world based upon the Reason behind it; and the Christian arrival of that Reason (Logos) incarnate in Christ. These may seem a long way from the American Founding, but Reilly argues that they are, in fact, its bedrock. Combined, they mandated the exercise of both freedom and reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese concepts were further developed by thinkers in the Middle Ages, who formulated the basic principles of constitutional rule. Why were they later rejected by those claiming the right to absolute rule, then reclaimed by the American Founders, only to be rejected again today? Reilly reveals the underlying drama: the conflict of \u003ci\u003emight makes right\u003c\/i\u003e versus \u003ci\u003eright makes might\u003c\/i\u003e. America's decline, he claims, is not to be discovered in the Founding principles, but in their disavowal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Reilly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586179489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586179489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Robert Reilly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049489920255,"sku":"9781586179489","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_860ec52a-246e-4e74-9e21-5f37e5eaefc1.jpg?v=1685001795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/america-on-trial-robert-reilly-9781586179489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}