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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... 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.
... Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time. —Abraham Lincoln, Extemporaneous Address in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861 Table of Contents Title ...
... Declaration of Independence. The faith of a nation is captured in its words, words that distill a mission while investing future citizens with a sacred charge. “Creed” sounds forbidding and ecclesiastical. The American Creed is neither ...
... Declaration of Independence by charting the actions of those who most enduringly inspired, formulated, and embodied it. Readers will recognize most of them: Jonathan Edwards, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin ...
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 | |