Americanism:The Fourth Great Western 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 Americanism:The Fourth Great Western Religion write by David Gelernter. This book was released on 2007-06-19. Americanism:The Fourth Great Western Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What does it mean to “believe” in America? Why do we always speak of our country as having a mission or purpose that is higher than other nations? Modern liberals have invested a great deal in the notion that America was founded as a secular state, with religion relegated to the private sphere. David Gelernter argues that America is not secular at all, but a powerful religious idea—indeed, a religion in its own right. Gelernter argues that what we have come to call “Americanism” is in fact a secular version of Zionism. Not the Zionism of the ancient Hebrews, but that of the Puritan founders who saw themselves as the new children of Israel, creating a new Jerusalem in a new world. Their faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation’s founders than the Enlightenment. Gelernter traces the development of the American religion from its roots in the Puritan Zionism of seventeenth-century New England to the idealistic fighting faith it has become, a militant creed dedicated to spreading freedom around the world. The central figures in this process were Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, who presided over the secularization of the American Zionist idea into the form we now know as Americanism. If America is a religion, it is a religion without a god, and it is a global religion. People who believe in America live all over the world. Its adherents have included oppressed and freedom-loving peoples everywhere—from the patriots of the Greek and Hungarian revolutions to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Gelernter also shows that anti-Americanism, particularly the virulent kind that is found today in Europe, is a reaction against this religious conception of America on the part of those who adhere to a rival religion of pacifism and appeasement. A startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America and why it is loved—and hated—with so much passion at home and abroad.
End of Days
End of Days - 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 End of Days write by Thomas Spriggs. This book was released on 2008-08-01. End of Days available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Thomas Spriggs takes a fresh look at the fateful period leading up to 9/11 and comes to the conclusion that the destruction of the World Trade center WAS an inside job. End of Days describes the ongoing war over faith, and the real meaning of the attacks of 9/11.
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 Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
American Exceptionalism and 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 Exceptionalism and Civil Religion write by John D. Wilsey. This book was released on 2015-10-22. American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The idea of America's special place in history has been a guiding light for centuries. With thoughtful insight, John D. Wilsey traces the concept of exceptionalism, including its theological meaning and implications for civil religion. This careful history considers not only the abuses of the idea but how it can also point to constructive civil engagement and human flourishing.
The American Jesus?
The American Jesus? - 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 American Jesus? write by Douglas Johnson. This book was released on 2020-08-07. The American Jesus? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is being a good American the same thing as being a good Christian? Are they the same thing? Are they opposed? Or perhaps they overlap in important ways. The “Christ and Culture” question is not new. It showed itself in the reaction of many Jews to Jesus. The early Christians had to find some way to relate to their Greek and Roman societies, with questionable results for their faith and their cultures. This problem has haunted Christians throughout history, and still is with us today. This book looks at much of the history of the church and the various answers that have been given to the issue. It does not attempt to arrive at a definitive answer to these questions but invites the reader to come to their own conclusions.
