God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American DestinyPrentice-Hall, 1971 - 381 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 national mythology.
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... providence was the force that moved the United States to liberty ; eventually providence would , through the example of the United States , direct the world to the same end . In a diary entry for February , 1765 , Adams wrote , " I ...
... Providence must be realized , exactly as the forest remains a forest , however many saplings perish before one becomes a tree . The Philistines might have fulfilled the destiny of the Hebrews , the Phoenicians that of the Greeks , the ...
... providence in history will call these factors " acci- dents " or " fortune . " The religious man perceives them as gifts of grace . The grace that determines the lives of men and nations is manifest in all special circumstances , favors ...
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Introduction | 1 |
JOHN WINTHROP | 39 |
The LatterDay Glory Is Probably To Begin | 55 |
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