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Archive for February, 2007

Roepke in Geneva: Revidivus Roepke brought the wisdom of his humane economics to Geneva. History is repeating itself as Roepke disciple/scholar Dr. Ralph Ancil toils amidst the hallowed halls of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pa. Readers will be aware that Geneva College is the denominational college of the RPCNA. Although Dr. Ancil is not [...]

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Roepke and the Human Economy W.H. Chellis Since we are talking economics here at De Regno, I must admit a prejudice. I have never been a fan of the “dismal science.” Yet, not all economists are made equal. Among 20th Century economists, the German born Wilhelm Roepke (1899-1966) has no peer (at least from my [...]

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Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 2: “Economics and the Soul” Charles Brown This section of the book begins by counting the real cost of free trade. Conventional economists consider global free trade to be good—invariably and indisputably. Critics of this sacred dogma are condemned as “protectionists”. We live in a climate today where no one [...]

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A local currency for a local economy Charles Brown Since we’ve been talking about Schumacher recently, I had to pass along this link to a practical Schumacherian idea: BerkShares in the Berkshires. HT: Rod Dreher

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Crunchy Con in Indy Charles Brown Readers of this blog need to familiarize themselves with the work of Rod Dreher, an editor with the Dallas Morning News and a very good blogger. His 2006 book, Crunchy Cons, is must reading. Anyway, for those who are interested in meeting him in person, he’ll be speaking at [...]

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Small is Still Beautiful, Pt. 1 Charles Brown The book, Small is Still Beautiful: Economics as if Families Mattered, was recommended to the readers of this blog not long ago. It’s my intent to provide a review of each of its five sections. The author, Joseph Pearce, builds off of the work of E. F. [...]

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New Contributors W.H. Chellis De Regno welcomes three new contributors. Rev. Dr. Carl Trueman, Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary and Reformation21 superstar. Rev. Charles Brown, Pastor of the Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church, co-editor of Semper Reformanda (RP Theological Journal), and owner of small dog named Snoopy (not really but how cool would [...]

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A Letter to the Editor Reformed Presbyterian Witness reader Clay Finley of Sparta, Ill. writes: “I write in response to Bill Chellis’ article in the November issue entitled “The Garden Kingdom.” In that article, Mr. Chellis argues that human government was always part of creation, even before man fell into sin. Describing the teaching that [...]

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A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State An Announcement De Regno Christi is excited to announce that it will be hosting a discussion of D.G. Hart’s new book A Secular Faith. Dr. Hart’s new book should be a topic for hot debate. We will be exited to welcome a number [...]

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Solidarity W. H. Chellis My Brother’s Keeper? Why don’t Christians just mind their own business? Why don’t you keep your laws off my body? Who is hurt by the marriage of a committed homosexual couple? What extremely post-modern questions. As much as these questions sound like the hip banter coming from a table at your [...]

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