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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... called " secular age . " It has resided at the heart of the attempt by Americans to understand their nation's responsibility at home and abroad . It is a conviction that has manifested itself most vividly in occasions of public worship ...
... called " secular age . " It has resided at the heart of the attempt by Americans to understand their nation's responsibility at home and abroad . It is a conviction that has manifested itself most vividly in occasions of public worship ...
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... called upon his hearers to remember on this day the sacrificed dead — the Smiths and Steins killed in Vietnam , the Maloneys and Rossis who fell in the Pacific islands , the Heidlers and Lozoskis who made the " supreme sacrifice " in ...
... called upon his hearers to remember on this day the sacrificed dead — the Smiths and Steins killed in Vietnam , the Maloneys and Rossis who fell in the Pacific islands , the Heidlers and Lozoskis who made the " supreme sacrifice " in ...
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... called to a special destiny by God . A consideration of the character and shape of the national religion to which this conviction belongs is prerequisite to understanding the development of the theme of this book . 8. Emile Durkheim ...
... called to a special destiny by God . A consideration of the character and shape of the national religion to which this conviction belongs is prerequisite to understanding the development of the theme of this book . 8. Emile Durkheim ...
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... called religious " mainstream " have also insisted that a tension exists between their own tradi- tions and the American " culture faith . " During the 1950s and early 1960s a flood of criticism flowed from the pens of Protestants ...
... called religious " mainstream " have also insisted that a tension exists between their own tradi- tions and the American " culture faith . " During the 1950s and early 1960s a flood of criticism flowed from the pens of Protestants ...
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... called upon to embrace a plurality of values and standpoints both within the nation and in the world at large . Within the national boundaries , however , it 20. From an excerpt of Auden's speech made upon acceptance of the 1967 Medal ...
... called upon to embrace a plurality of values and standpoints both within the nation and in the world at large . Within the national boundaries , however , it 20. From an excerpt of Auden's speech made upon acceptance of the 1967 Medal ...
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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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