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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... persons who have been selected for inclusion here reflect the attitudes and as- pirations of their day even if , in some cases , they are critics of their Zeitgeist . Above all , they preserve the basic continuity of the theme but also ...
... persons who have been selected for inclusion here reflect the attitudes and as- pirations of their day even if , in some cases , they are critics of their Zeitgeist . Above all , they preserve the basic continuity of the theme but also ...
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... persons through television . Despite dif- ferences in setting , style , and ideology , both are American sacred ceremonies , which have in common a ritualistic form and a symbolic structure . Both are celebrations of a national ...
... persons through television . Despite dif- ferences in setting , style , and ideology , both are American sacred ceremonies , which have in common a ritualistic form and a symbolic structure . Both are celebrations of a national ...
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... persons ' faith to come alive , that quickens and sustains their religious belief . " In fact , " Durkheim wrote , " whoever has really practiced a religion knows very well that it is the cult which gives rise to [ the ] impressions of ...
... persons ' faith to come alive , that quickens and sustains their religious belief . " In fact , " Durkheim wrote , " whoever has really practiced a religion knows very well that it is the cult which gives rise to [ the ] impressions of ...
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... persons , and documents in American history have taken on sacred meaning , but these are sufficient to point to the way in which that his- tory most immediately supplies the civil religion with its symbolic material . It is somewhat ...
... persons , and documents in American history have taken on sacred meaning , but these are sufficient to point to the way in which that his- tory most immediately supplies the civil religion with its symbolic material . It is somewhat ...
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... person or group of persons shall be disadvantaged by either their religious or their nonreligious beliefs . " We have had a Catholic president ; it is conceivable that we could have a Jewish one . But could we have an agnostic president ...
... person or group of persons shall be disadvantaged by either their religious or their nonreligious beliefs . " We have had a Catholic president ; it is conceivable that we could have a Jewish one . But could we have an agnostic president ...
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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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