God's New Israel: Religious Interpretations of American DestinyConrad Cherry UNC Press Books, 1998 - Počet stran: 410 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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... soul of America , we must find the courage to take up again the laborious work to which Senator Kennedy devoted all his energies : the building of a great and honorable nation . Especially in this hour , we must keep faith with America ...
... soul of America , we must find the courage to take up again the laborious work to which Senator Kennedy devoted all his energies : the building of a great and honorable nation . Especially in this hour , we must keep faith with America ...
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... country . 12. Bellah , " Civil Religion , " pp . 4-6 . 13. Sidney E. Mead , " The ' Nation With the Soul of a Church , " Church History , Sept. 1967 , p . 263 . The Sources of the Beliefs and Symbols of the Civil ΙΟ Introduction.
... country . 12. Bellah , " Civil Religion , " pp . 4-6 . 13. Sidney E. Mead , " The ' Nation With the Soul of a Church , " Church History , Sept. 1967 , p . 263 . The Sources of the Beliefs and Symbols of the Civil ΙΟ Introduction.
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... like the Jehovah's Witnesses , that spurn patriotic symbols , re- ject American sacred ceremonies , and refuse to allow the nation to function 16. Mead , " Soul of a Church , " p . 280 . for them as a " church . " But clergy 14 ...
... like the Jehovah's Witnesses , that spurn patriotic symbols , re- ject American sacred ceremonies , and refuse to allow the nation to function 16. Mead , " Soul of a Church , " p . 280 . for them as a " church . " But clergy 14 ...
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... , 1954 ; Peter Berger , The Noise of Solemn Assemblies ( Garden City , N.Y .: Doubleday & Company , 1961 ) . 18. Mead , " Soul of a Church , " pp . 274-75 . fact that spokesmen for the civil religion have often drawn Introduction IS.
... , 1954 ; Peter Berger , The Noise of Solemn Assemblies ( Garden City , N.Y .: Doubleday & Company , 1961 ) . 18. Mead , " Soul of a Church , " pp . 274-75 . fact that spokesmen for the civil religion have often drawn Introduction IS.
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... souls from the old and privilege - ridden nations ; that He carried these previous few to a new world and presented them and their descendents with an environment ideally suited to the develop- ment of a free society ; and that in ...
... souls from the old and privilege - ridden nations ; that He carried these previous few to a new world and presented them and their descendents with an environment ideally suited to the develop- ment of a free society ; and that in ...
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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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