S10E137: Meet Dr. Benjamin Rush with Joseph Loconte
The plant of liberty is of so tender a nature, that it cannot thrive long in the neighborhood of slavery. Remember the eyes of all Europe are fixed upon you, to preserve an asylum for freedom in this country, after the last pillars of it are fallen in every other quarter of the globe.
Benjamin Rush
Show Summary:
- On The New Mason Jar Podcast today, Cindy and Dawn are joined by Dr. Joseph Loconte, author, Tolkien and Lewis scholar, historian, and filmmaker, to talk about his newest project, a documentary on Benjamin Rush.
- How Dr. Loconte became interested in history
- Who was Dr. Benjamin Rush, and why did Dr. Loconte decide to pursue his story for a documentary?
- What did Benjamin Rush have to do with Thomas Payne and the writing of Common Sense?
- Why Dr. Loconte decided to utilize the video essay format.
- What can we say to young people who are conflicted about their feelings about the United States right now?
- What drew Dr. Loconte to researching and writing about Lewis and Tolkien?
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Books and Links Mentioned:
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War by Joseph Loconte
The War for Middle of Earth by Joseph Loconte
Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush by Stephen Fried
Common Sense by Thomas Payne
The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Rush Docu-series on YouTube
“How J.R.R. Tolkien Found Mordor on the Western Front” (New York Times Opinion piece)
I Am Giorgia by Giorgia Meloni
Find Cindy, Dawn, and Dr. Loconte:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
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Benjamin Rush
We profess to be republicans, and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government, that is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity, by means of the Bible.
