God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American DestinyConrad Cherry UNC Press Books, 1998 - 410 sivua The belief that America has been providentially chosen for a special destiny has deep roots in the country's past. As both a stimulus of creative American energy and a source of American self-righteousness, this notion has long served as a motivating nati |
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... CONSTITUTION , AND A NEW NATION'S DESTINY 61 Nicholas Street The American States Acting Over the Part of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness 67 Ezra Stiles The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour 82 Samuel Langdon The ...
... CONSTITUTION , AND A NEW NATION'S DESTINY 61 Nicholas Street The American States Acting Over the Part of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness 67 Ezra Stiles The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour 82 Samuel Langdon The ...
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... Constitution might remain untarnished . There are , of course , large segments of American society that would feel little or no affinity with the Memorial Day ceremony . Many citizens in our larger cities have never witnessed the ...
... Constitution might remain untarnished . There are , of course , large segments of American society that would feel little or no affinity with the Memorial Day ceremony . Many citizens in our larger cities have never witnessed the ...
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... constitutions meant that no one religion was favored by the laws of the land and that reli- gious organizations in this country had to become altogether " voluntaristic . " Every American religion must recruit and hold its members ...
... constitutions meant that no one religion was favored by the laws of the land and that reli- gious organizations in this country had to become altogether " voluntaristic . " Every American religion must recruit and hold its members ...
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... constitutional period ) and the American Civil War . The first was a moment when God delivered the colonies from Pharaoh Britain and the " evils " of the Old World , revealed the purposes of the nation , and adopted the Young Republic ...
... constitutional period ) and the American Civil War . The first was a moment when God delivered the colonies from Pharaoh Britain and the " evils " of the Old World , revealed the purposes of the nation , and adopted the Young Republic ...
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... Constitution , and the Bill of Rights be- came the covenants that bound together the people of the nation and secured to them God's blessing , protection , and call to historic mission.15 Historically , the public schools of this ...
... Constitution , and the Bill of Rights be- came the covenants that bound together the people of the nation and secured to them God's blessing , protection , and call to historic mission.15 Historically , the public schools of this ...
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THE COLONIAL ERRAND INTO THE WILDERNESS | 25 |
Good Newes from Virginia | 30 |
A Modell of Christian Charity | 37 |
Gods Controversy with New England | 42 |
The LatterDay Glory Is Probably to Begin in America | 54 |
REVOLUTION CONSTITUTION AND A NEW NATIONS DESTINY | 61 |
The American States Acting Over the Part of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness | 67 |
The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour | 82 |
Our Obligations to the Dead | 203 |
PART FIVE | 215 |
National Progress and Wealth | 217 |
Our Countrys Place in History | 224 |
The Tendencies of American Progress | 235 |
The Relation of Wealth to Morals | 249 |
A White Life for Two | 260 |
PART SIX | 265 |
The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States | 93 |
First Inaugural Address | 106 |
PART THREE | 111 |
WESTWARD THE COURSE OF DESTINY | 113 |
A Plea for the West | 122 |
Discourses | 131 |
Oration | 135 |
Passage to India | 137 |
The Star of Empire | 146 |
PART FOUR | 161 |
Civil War and National Destiny | 163 |
The Battle Set in Array | 169 |
National Responsibility before God | 184 |
Second Inaugural Address | 201 |
American Destiny and World War | 267 |
Patriotism | 273 |
Presenting the Treaty for Ratification | 279 |
Annual Message to Congress | 289 |
PART SEVEN | 301 |
Challenges since MidCentury | 303 |
Americas World Role | 320 |
The Arrogance of Power | 328 |
The Black American | 343 |
The Ballot or the Bullet | 356 |
National Morals | 372 |
Spirituality and Politics | 380 |
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