The Rising Glory: Christian Roots of American Universities

Send a message to “Faith Ignited”This episode explores the Christian roots of America's universities and introduces you to an early educator, who crossed the ocean to play a critical role in the American Revolution. In a time when truth is subjective and morality is outdated, we need more than ever to look to the past to discover how education shapes a society.Resources:John Witherspoon and the issue of slavery:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00405736231207548John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic,  by Jeffery H. MorrisonJohn Witherspoon by Jr. David Walker Woodshttp://eada.lib.umd.edu/text-entries/a-poem-on-the-rising-glory-of-america/https://www.dsdi1776.com/signer/john-witherspoon/https://oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1776-witherspoon-dominion-of-providence-over-the-passions-of-men-sermon#https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00405736231207548https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/the-dominion-of-providence/?amphttps://rodmartin.org/dominion-providence-passions-men/https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-34-number-1/john-witherspoon-educating-libertyhttps://paw.princeton.edu/article/continental-congress-nassau-hallhttp://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfamwitherspoon.htmhttps://jwc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Founding-Father-John-Witherspoon.pdfhttps://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2024/02/john-witherspoon/https://www.maggiecraig.co.uk/2015/04/23/escape-from-the-jacobites-at-doune-cast https://christianheritagefellowship.com/the-christian-founding-of-harvard/https://www.liberty.edu/journal/article/christianity-and-the-american-university/#:~:text=American%20higher%20education%20rests%20upon,Christ%2C%20and%20a%20biblical%20worldview.https://www.ulpanor.com/2021/02/26/the-yale-connection/https://newcriterion.com/article/the-forgotten-founder-john-witherspoon/#:~:text=Under%20Witherspoon's%20tutel