God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American DestinyConrad Cherry UNC Press Books, 1998 - 410 páginas 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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... , it is a treatment of a central belief in America's civil religion . The majority ( but by no means all ) of the people whose views are represented here are Protestant because the Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition.
... , it is a treatment of a central belief in America's civil religion . The majority ( but by no means all ) of the people whose views are represented here are Protestant because the Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition.
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... means America's only sacred ceremony , however , and is not the only way Americans as citizens attempt to cope with death . In her funerals for great men , especially her politi- cal leaders , America has created another religious ...
... means America's only sacred ceremony , however , and is not the only way Americans as citizens attempt to cope with death . In her funerals for great men , especially her politi- cal leaders , America has created another religious ...
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... means the freedom of all peoples of the world to share in American democratic principles , a freedom that Americans are obli- gated to safeguard . In the Kennedy funeral , " freedom " stands for the civil 6. From a transcript of the ...
... means the freedom of all peoples of the world to share in American democratic principles , a freedom that Americans are obli- gated to safeguard . In the Kennedy funeral , " freedom " stands for the civil 6. From a transcript of the ...
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... means of reunions , assemblies and meetings where the individuals , being closely united to one another , reaffirm in common their common sentiments ; hence come ceremonies which do not differ from regular religious ceremonies , neither ...
... means of reunions , assemblies and meetings where the individuals , being closely united to one another , reaffirm in common their common sentiments ; hence come ceremonies which do not differ from regular religious ceremonies , neither ...
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... mean that on this occasion President Kennedy ceased to be a Catholic ; it does mean that the particular doctrines of his Catholic faith were inappropriate to the public occasion . It indicates that the religious point of view he was ...
... mean that on this occasion President Kennedy ceased to be a Catholic ; it does mean that the particular doctrines of his Catholic faith were inappropriate to the public occasion . It indicates that the religious point of view he was ...
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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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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny Conrad Cherry Vista previa limitada - 2014 |
God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny Conrad Cherry Vista de fragmentos - 1971 |
God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny Conrad Cherry Vista de fragmentos - 1971 |
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