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Gelernter, David Hillel.
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Religion and politics -- United States.
Christianity and politics -- United States.
Judaism and politics -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
United States -- Church history.
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Americanism : the fo...
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Americanism : the fourth great Western religion / David Gelernter.
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Gelernter, David Hillel.
New York : Doubleday, c2007.
Subjects
Religion and politics -- United States.
Christianity and politics -- United States.
Judaism and politics -- United States.
United States -- Religion.
United States -- Church history.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007011794.html
ISBN:
9780385513128
0385513127
Description:
x, 229 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
The world-creating English Bible -- American Zionism : the Puritan dream of America -- Revolution and the American creed -- Abraham Lincoln, America's last and greatest founding father -- The Great War makes the modern world -- The emergence of modern Americanism -- The new covenant.
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What does it mean to "believe" in America? Why do we speak of our country as having a higher purpose? Author Gelernter traces the emergence of America as the embodiment of a powerful religious idea. Americanism begins with the Puritan settlers in New England who saw themselves as the new children of Israel and whose faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation's founders than the Enlightenment. These concepts were gradually transformed into a secular religion of freedom, with followers throughout the world. Its adherents have included oppressed peoples everywhere--from the patriots of the Hungarian Revolution to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Americanism is a powerful reminder of America's dedication to spreading freedom--surely one of the most profound and beautiful religious ideas the world has ever known.--From publisher description.
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