Freedom's Holy Light: American Identity and the Future of Theology |
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... live out the true meaning of its creed : ' We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal . ' " His message caught fire in the 1960s and remains our goal in the fol- lowing years which seemingly have become ...
... live out the true meaning of its creed : ' We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal . ' " His message caught fire in the 1960s and remains our goal in the fol- lowing years which seemingly have become ...
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... live in a curious symbiotic relationship to a supposedly neutral state . The state , however , had actually taken on theological meanings and biblical images that required a locus somewhere . In short , the many denominations , sensing ...
... live in a curious symbiotic relationship to a supposedly neutral state . The state , however , had actually taken on theological meanings and biblical images that required a locus somewhere . In short , the many denominations , sensing ...
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... live in the midst of all the beauty and grandeur that was ever described or conceived . We have hardly en- tered the vestibule of nature . It was here , be assured , un- der these heavens that the gods intended our immortal life should ...
... live in the midst of all the beauty and grandeur that was ever described or conceived . We have hardly en- tered the vestibule of nature . It was here , be assured , un- der these heavens that the gods intended our immortal life should ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
Copyright | |
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