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We’re discussing “Ideology as a Means of Rule,” based on the insights from a master observer of both types of totalitarian socialisms on the Left, national socialism–sometimes called fascism–and the kind of socialism that the Communists in East Germany and Russia had during the 1900s, during the life of Dr. Thielicke. USSR meant Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Our return guest today on The Republican Professor Podcast is the former professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg in West Germany, Dr. Helmut Thielicke, Ph.D., D.Theol. (Philosophy and Theology).

Professor Thielicke once again joins us through his teaching in his Theological Ethics, Vol. 2: Politics. My copy was purchased at Old Capitol Books (new location) in Monterey, California, across from Nick the Greek restaurant on Alvarado Street (their old location was 559 Tyler, Monterey, CA, across from the Peet’s Coffee and was formerly Book Haven for many years), and is a hard copy published in 1969 by Fortress Press and edited by William H. Lazareth.

Thielicke died before he was able to come on to The Republican Professor Podcast.

We thank Fortress Press for making the book available. Check out their catalogue for a full listing of their very interesting titles, and buy one. Get a copy of this for yourself and following along in our transformative, performative reading of it as we make fair use on his insights, with fresh scholarly commentary from me, and allow it to shape our understanding of American Politics.

This is part 5 in a series on The Republican Professor Podcast, an introduction to theological reflection on American government.

Here, we broach the topic of the nature and power of “ideology” in Communist eschatology. Our very special guest today is, once again, the esteemed and long-time Professor of Theology at the University of Hamburg, Helmut Thielicke.

And I’ve invited Professor Thielicke to join us today through my performative reading (with my scholarly commentary upon) and fair use of his teaching on this topic in his magisterial “Theological Ethics, Volume 2: Politics.” My copy of the book was published in 1969 by Fortress Press.

Please buy a copy of the book and follow along with our study of this material. Here’s a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Ethics-Politics-Helmut-Thielicke/dp/0802817920

Please, please support your brick and mortar used book dealers as well.

Professor Thielicke died before we were able to invite him in person as a guest on the podcast.

Thanks to Fortress Press, the book is still in print and would be a valuable addition, indeed, to your personal library. Please support the work of Fortress Press and buy the book, and check out the other selections that they carry, as well.

The Republican Professor Podcast is a pro-deeply-conversing-on-the-theological-aspects-of-the-nature-of-government podcast.

Therefore, welcome Professor Helmut Thielicke !

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We discuss Paul Kengor’s book review of Megan Basham’s book, “Shepherds for Sale,” featured in the excellent Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2024.

We’d like to thank the publisher of the Claremont Review of Books for producing and making available such a wonderful, timely and yet timeless resource.

We highly, highly recommend that you subscribe to The Claremont Review of Books at https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/

It’s not cheap, but it is inexpensive for the wealth of material that you get. It’s a very attractive physical object that comes to you by mail, with beautiful, engaging, incisive writing about all sorts of things being discussed in books related to American Politics, from culture to law, history and theology.

Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.’s 25 January 2021 “Essay 4: The Socialist Threat,” is read and discussed via FB Live 7 March 2021 with Dr. Kent Duncan at 4:06 pm California Time.

This is honoring the late Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. who wrote under the pen name S. Roane. These are used by express permission from the author.

John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.

After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics.

MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student.

John’s first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn’t initially present itself that way, but that’s how it ended up, a hell-hole.

Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death.

The original text of Essay 4: The Socialist Threat by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here:

The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste.

This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Dr. Kent Duncan.

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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Deep Dive Part 2:

It’s Fall 2024, and we’re working on a longer attention span, in this case, remembering why the Biden Administration lost the CDC Mask Mandate — not because they thought it was bad, illegal, or unnecessary. It’s gone because a Trump-appointed Judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was the judge who heard the case and applied the time-tested judicial tools to discern the the CDC’s rule was illegal in our Constitutional Republic. Let’s recall how that went.

The case is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, judgment filed 18 April 2022 in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle.

The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitutional-Americanism, pro-pay-attention-to-the-definition-of-terms, pro-limited-government podcast.

Therefore, welcome Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, US District Court Judge appointed by President Trump, confirmed by a Republican US Senate.

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Christian Democrats advocate criminalization of paradigmatically innocent conduct, and they do it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

One such example is the book by Mike Austin called “God, Guns and America.”

This is part one of a review of the book with Kurtis Olson on FB LIVE 17 March 2021 at 6:33 pm

The Republican Professor is produced and hosted by Dr. Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

This episode was co-hosted and co-produced by Mr. Kurtis Olson.

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Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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It’s Fall 2024, and we’re working on a longer attention span, in this case, remembering why the Biden Administration lost the CDC Mask Mandate — not because they thought it was bad, illegal, or unnecessary. It’s gone because a Trump-appointed Judge, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle was the judge who heard the case and applied the time-tested judicial tools to discern the the CDC’s rule was illegal in our Constitutional Republic. Let’s recall how that went.

The case is Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, judgment filed 18 April 2022 in the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division by Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle.

The Republican Professor is a pro-Constitutional-Americanism, pro-pay-attention-to-the-definition-of-terms, pro-limited-government podcast.

Therefore, welcome Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, US District Court Judge appointed by President Trump, confirmed by a Republican US Senate.

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.’s “Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation,” and “Essay 3: The Citizens’ Amendment” published under the pen name S. Roane, 13 and 18 Jan 2021, respectively, is read and discussed via FB Live 1 March 2021 with Kurtis Olson at 1:30 pm California Time.

This is honoring the late John W. Boswell.

John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.

After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics.

MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student.

John’s first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn’t initially present itself that way, but that’s how it ended up, a hell-hole.

Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death.

The original text of Essay 3: The Citizens’ Amendment by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here:

The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste.

This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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My friend from South Central Lost Angeles, Wasabi, joins me and Kurtis for a conversation on paper ballots, term limits, and political corruption on FB LIVE, 24 June 2024.

Enjoy !

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Today, we once again have a Democrat on The Republican Professor podcast, Senior District Court Judge Anthony Ishii. Judge Ishii is an expert on this particular topic, because it was before him in 2014 in federal court in central California.

Judge Ishii was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton. And to his great credit he gets the right answer for the right reasons here in this case called Silvester v. Harris, 41 F. Supp. 3d 927 (2014). The defendant in that case was the State of California, represented in her capacity as Attorney General by one Kamala Harris — I’ve heard of her.

Judge Ishii’s correct judicial reasoning was overturned by the Democrat dominated 9th Circuit before President Trump was elected. They ignored his correct analysis in order to go back to the status quo, which was that the government can do whatever the H—- it wants to its citizens in the realm of firearm regulation, no matter how arbitrary and capricious.

Judge Ishii had a problem with that regime, even as a California Democrat.

So Judge Ishii joins us through his judicial writing, his findings of fact and judgment in a bench trial on the matter in Silvester v. Kamala Harris (2014).

The Republican Professor is a pro-correctly-articulating-the-point-of-constitutional-law, pro-correcting-powerful-people-wrong-on-the-Second-Amendment podcast.

Therefore, welcome Senior Judge Anthony Ishii !

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US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta Master Sergeant (ret.) Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D.’s “Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation,” published under the pen name S. Roane, 13 Jan 2021 is read and discussed via FB Live 12 Feb 2021 with Kurtis Olson at 1:15 pm California Time.

This is honoring the late John W. Boswell.

John had a storied career in Army Special Forces. He took down Noriega, he fought in the actual battle depicted in the film Black Hawk Down. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star.

After his military service, he earned a BA, MA, and Ph.D., focusing on Public Law and American Politics.

MSgt Dr. Boswell was deeply concerned about the consequences of an ignorant populace, ill-trained by Democrat only biased tax funded college campuses to prefer the thin venear of Socialism. He saw that first-hand as an older college student.

John’s first duty station, prior to being selected for sergeant and then the special forces, was in West Germany. He saw the Iron Curtain and what socialism had done to Eastern Europe. He was never tired of reporting that the guns on the wall were pointed towards itself, the Communist side, to prevent those wanting to escape. The Socialist threat didn’t initially present itself that way, but that’s how it ended up, a hell-hole.

Permission was granted by the author to read and discuss prior to his untimely death.

The original text of Essay 2: Understanding Consolidation by Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D., MSgt US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, Delta (ret.) can be found here:
https://therepublicanprofessor.substack.com/p/understanding-consolidation-very

The Republican Professor is a pro-John-W.-Boswell, pro-correctly-understanding-the-lessons-of-history podcast.

Therefore, welcome Dr. John W. Boswell, Ph.D. (Msgt, US Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta, retired) (1959-2023). We miss you, John. Thank you for everything you did for America. We will do the best we can to ensure it does not and will not go to waste.

This episode was co-produced and co-hosted by Mr. Kurtis Olson

Warmly,

Lucas J. Mather, Ph.D.

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