Gary North
American writer
Died when: 80 years 13 days (960 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
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Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022) was an American writer, Austrian School economic historian, and leading figure in the Christian reconstructionist movement.
North authored or coauthored over fifty books on topics including Reformed Protestant theology, economics, and history.He was an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute.
He is known for his advocacy of biblical or "radically libertarian" economics and also as a theorist of dominionism and theonomy.
He supported the establishment and enforcement of Bible-based religious law, a view which put him in conflict with other libertarians.
He believed that capital punishment is appropriate punishment for male homosexuality, adultery, blasphemy, abortion, and witchcraft.