The American Creed: A Spiritual and Patriotic PrimerWhat makes us all Americans--whatever our differences--is adherence to a creed, a creed based upon cornerstone truths the founders believed "self-evident." From the earliest days, the survival of the new republic hinged not merely upon the expression of these grand principles of liberty and equality but upon their spiritual underpinnings. Freedom and faith were intertwined. America, as a foreign observer once put it, is a nation with the soul of a church. |
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A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer Forrest Church. THE AMERICAN CREED A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FORREST CHURCH # THE AMERICAN CREED A Biography of the Declaration of Independence. Front Cover.
A Spiritual and Patriotic Primer Forrest Church. THE AMERICAN CREED A Biography of the Declaration of Independence * FORREST CHURCH # ST. MARTIN's GRIFFINAA NEW YORK To my children, Frank, Nina, Jacob, and Nathan, with love.
... American Creed is neither, but it is monumental. Creeds have to be monumental, struck in metal that, when refined in the furnace of history and burnished by developing thought, can endure the trials of time. They have to be steadfast ...
... American experiment, the American Creed affirms those truths our founders held selfevident: justice for all, because we are all created equal; and, liberty for all, because we are all endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable ...
... American Creed.” In schools, courts, and houses of worship, we teach this creed to correct our nation's course as well as to celebrate it. “America,” Myrdal concludes, “is continuously struggling for its soul.” Pointing to the ongoing ...
Contents
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS | |
A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM | |
E Pluribus Unum | |
AMERICAS MISSION | |
AMERICAN FUNDAMENTAL | |
THE FOUR FREEDOMS | |
NEW FRONTIERS OLD TRUTHS | |
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL | |
CONCLUSION | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |