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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... Responsibility before God 184 Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address 201 Horace Bushnell Our Obligations to the Dead 203 PART FIVE NATIONAL PROGRESS AND WEALTH 217 Isaac M. Wise Our Country's Place in History 224 Henry Ward Beecher ...
... Responsibility before God 184 Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address 201 Horace Bushnell Our Obligations to the Dead 203 PART FIVE NATIONAL PROGRESS AND WEALTH 217 Isaac M. Wise Our Country's Place in History 224 Henry Ward Beecher ...
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... responsibility at home and abroad . It is a conviction that has manifested itself most vividly in occasions of public worship when American citizens have met to share common religious senti- ments . Below are descriptions of two such ...
... responsibility at home and abroad . It is a conviction that has manifested itself most vividly in occasions of public worship when American citizens have met to share common religious senti- ments . Below are descriptions of two such ...
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... responsibility of acting as guardian and preserver of freedom . American soldiers have presented themselves as sacrifices on the 3. Ibid . , p . 24 . altar of history that America's God - given task of Introduction 3.
... responsibility of acting as guardian and preserver of freedom . American soldiers have presented themselves as sacrifices on the 3. Ibid . , p . 24 . altar of history that America's God - given task of Introduction 3.
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... responsibility in a way that the promise of an " eternal dwelling place " alone could not . In his eulogy Archbishop Terence J. Cooke also sensed the national religious meaning of the occasion and of Robert Kennedy's life and death . To ...
... responsibility in a way that the promise of an " eternal dwelling place " alone could not . In his eulogy Archbishop Terence J. Cooke also sensed the national religious meaning of the occasion and of Robert Kennedy's life and death . To ...
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... responsibility to these components of the national life . Since the civil religion is so intimate a part of Ameri- can society , it is capable of obstructing the full participation of Americans in the nation's public life . When it ...
... responsibility to these components of the national life . Since the civil religion is so intimate a part of Ameri- can society , it is capable of obstructing the full participation of Americans in the nation's public life . When it ...
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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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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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