God and War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook God and War write by Raymond Haberski, Jr.. This book was released on 2012-07-23. God and War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Americans have long considered their country to be good—a nation "under God" with a profound role to play in the world. Yet nothing tests that proposition like war. Raymond Haberski argues that since 1945 the common moral assumptions expressed in an American civil religion have become increasingly defined by the nation's experience with war. God and War traces how three great postwar “trials”—the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror—have revealed the promise and perils of an American civil religion. Throughout the Cold War, Americans combined faith in God and faith in the nation to struggle against not only communism but their own internal demons. The Vietnam War tested whether America remained a nation "under God," inspiring, somewhat ironically, an awakening among a group of religious, intellectual and political leaders to save the nation's soul. With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 behind us and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, Americans might now explore whether civil religion can exist apart from the power of war to affirm the value of the nation to its people and the world.
American Civil Religion
American Civil Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Civil Religion write by Peter Gardella. This book was released on 2014. American Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Peter Gardella explores the monuments, texts, and images that embody the spirit of the United States.
American Covenant
American Covenant - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Covenant write by Philip Gorski. This book was released on 2019-06-25. American Covenant available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American story Was America founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision of the Hebrew prophets and the Western political heritage of civic republicanism. In this eye-opening book, Gorski shows why this civil religious tradition is now in peril—and with it the American experiment. American Covenant traces the history of prophetic republicanism from the Puritan era to today, providing insightful portraits of figures ranging from John Winthrop and W.E.B. Du Bois to Jerry Falwell, Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama. Featuring a new preface by the author, this incisive book demonstrates how half a century of culture war has drowned out the quieter voices of the vital center, and demonstrates that if we are to rebuild that center, we must recover the civil religious tradition on which the republic was founded.
Civil Religion Today
Civil Religion Today - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civil Religion Today write by Rhys H. Williams. This book was released on 2021-10-26. Civil Religion Today available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "An important concept that scholars have used to help understand the relationship between religion and the American nation and polity has been 'civil religion.' A seminal article by Robert Bellah appeared just over fifty years ago. A multi-disciplinary array of scholars in this volume assess the concept's origins, history, and continued usefulness. In a period of great political polarization, considering whether there is hope for a unifying value and belief system seems more important than ever"--
The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion
The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion write by Jason A. Edwards. This book was released on 2016-09-30. The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The tie that binds all Americans, regardless of their demographic background, is faith in the American system of government. This faith manifests as a form of civil, or secular, religion with its own core documents, creeds, oaths, ceremonies, and even individuals. In The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinners, and Saints, contributors seek to examine some of those core elements of American faith by exploring the proverbial saints, sinners and dominant symbols of the American system.
