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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... called a creed. So it is with Thomas Jefferson's preamble to the 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 ...
... called America “a nation with the soul of a church.” Though the American Creed as fashioned by Thomas Jefferson and perfected by the Continental Congress rests upon a clear separation between church and state, the body politic does have ...
... called “the 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 ...
... called him the American Nehemiah (a great biblical administrator). Because of his Puritan temperament, revisionists have since excoriated Winthrop for being selfrighteous and judgmental, even “un-American.” This epithet is unfair. By ...
... Called to this position, he declined. A firm Separatist, he refused to serve any congregation that had not fully and emphatically severed itself from the established church. While rejecting the pomp and ceremony of the Church of England ...
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 | |