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Restoring the Constitution 178-1987: Essays in Celebration of the Bicentennial

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"Our greatest tribute to the Constitution as we celebrate its bicentennial is to reaffirm the foundational principal contained within it, which have produced what may be the most productive, free, and dynamic society in history. This phenomenon didn't just happen. It was forged from the minds of pragmatic and thoughtful men who clearly understood the unnerving relationship between the collective moral character of a culture and a governmental structure which was willing to risk maximum freedom against it. Their hopes and dreams are our agenda. Upon leaving the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Benjamn Franklin admonished that we Americans have a republic, 'if you can keep it'. This volume is an important step in that continuing struggle."

—Congressman Jack Kemp, From the Foreword, On the Occasion of the Bicentennial, September 17, 1987

"These essays forcefully advance a perspective on the Constitution that is sorely neglected by interpreters who assume that America is now a 'secular society' to which the deepest beliefs of the founders are irrelevant. In our time, religion and religiously-grounded moral truths are increasingly engaging our public life. The arguments set forth here contribute to making that engagement a constructive development for all Americans."

—Richard John Neuhaus, The Center on Religion & Society, The Rockford Institute, New York

"This important book provides valuable insight into the nature and purpose of the Constitution. It constructively analyzes current abuses in light of the tradition which confirms that this nation is in fact 'under God.'"

—Charles E, Rice, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School

"Not the least of many virtues of this book, is that it illuminates the enduring principles of the Constitution and places our fundamental law in its proper historical perspective. Restoring the Constitution is a book that lives up to its title and understands the seriousness of our current constitutional crisis."

—James McClellan, President, The Center for Judicial Studies

Tired of worn-out political platitudes? Put out with the sort of media displays become commonplace in secularized America? Like the Bork-Ginsburg-Kennedy 'hearings'? Ever wonder why or how the Constitution of the United States became so ignored by some of today's judiciary? The answers are here.

This book celebrates the best in current legal scholarship in American Christian and conservative academia. And it pays proper tribute to the founding document upon which our Republic rests. The professional or student in law, education, government service, or history stands to benefit greatly from the message of this volume.

If you're looking for truth in the historical development of constitutional theory and judicial review, you should read Restoring the Constitution. You'll find none of the historical revisionism that often characterizes modern academic efforts in the history and theory of law.

You will find outstanding legal theory that will help you resist the radical transformation of constitutional law. You will find answers to address the contemporary battle for religious liberty. You will better understand the onslaught of legal positivism ans sociological law. And you will see clearly the foundational Judeo-Christian influences that informed the jurisprudence of the Founding Fathers and the Federalist.

Restoring the Constitution is must reading for a nation that celebrates 200 years of constitutional government. Its message, like that of our Founders in the very document we celebrate, is ageless.

About the Author
H. Wayne House, M.A., Th.D., J.D., is Distinguished Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Faith Evangelical Seminary and serves as Adjunct Professor of Theology and Apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary. Dr. House is also the President of Christian Perspective International.

Dr. House received his B.A. in Classical and Hellenistic Greek at Hardin-Simmons University; M.A., Biblical and Patristic Greek, Abilene Christian University; M.Div. in Pastoral Studies, Western Seminary; Th.M. in Biblical Studies, Western Seminary; Th.D., Exegetical Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; J.D., Law, Regent University School of Law; Certificate in International Human Rights, Institut International des Droits de L'Homme, Strasbourg, France. He is the author of several books.