God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American DestinyConrad Cherry UNC Press Books, 2014 M02 1 - 448 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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... 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 when American citizens have met to share common ...
... heart of the " American way of life , " ranged from claims of its sentimental piety and theological naiveté to indictments of its idolatrous worship of American values and narrow - minded nationalism . Much was made of the way in which ...
... heart of Puritan New Israel as it struck a covenant with Jehovah . Beginning around 1650 much Puritan literature was ... hearts shall turne away soe that wee will not obey , but shall be seduced and worshipp . ... other Gods , our ...
... hearts of many back - sliding Adventurers at home , and also by his servants here : some striving for superioritie , others by murmurings , mutinies , & plaine treasons ; & others by fornication , prophanenes , idlenes , and such ...
... hearts God hath stirred up to build him a Temple , to make him an house , to conquer a Kingdome for him here : be not discouraged with those many lamentable assaults that the divell hath made against us : he now rageth most , because he ...
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REVOLUTION CONSTITUTION AND A NEW NATIONS DESTINY | 61 |
WESTWARD THE COURSE OF DESTINY | 113 |
CIVIL WAR AND NATIONAL DESTINY | 163 |
NATIONAL PROGRESS AND WEALTH | 217 |
AMERICAN DESTINY AND WORLD WAR | 267 |
CHALLENGES SINCE MIDCENTURY | 303 |
Index | 395 |
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God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American Destiny Conrad Cherry Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
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 |