Ezra Taft Benson: Christian Libertarian
While Cannon does not explore the theoretical implications here (himself noting that Benson's thinking about social matters was always more ideological than theoretical), they are consistent with Bowman's thesis. Now that I've read Matthew Harris's fine collection of essays, Thun...
| Published in: | Dialogue |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Dialogue
Year: 2020, Volume: 53, Issue: 4, Pages: 161-168 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDH Christian sects NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Christians
B LIBERTARIANS B Political Philosophy B FARMERS' attitudes B Liberty B Political Science B THUNDER From the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism & Politics (Book) |
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| Summary: | While Cannon does not explore the theoretical implications here (himself noting that Benson's thinking about social matters was always more ideological than theoretical), they are consistent with Bowman's thesis. Now that I've read Matthew Harris's fine collection of essays, Thunder from the Right, though, I understand: far from simply hanging out and mostly disagreeing with a group of friends, I'd actually received a sermon from President Ezra Taft Benson's doppelgänger. But rather than pushing such ideas more comprehensively later in his career, Benson instead embraced the premise that family farms on their own had to be large enough to be "commercially oriented and economically efficient" (37). |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/dialjmormthou.53.4.0161 |