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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... HOLD THESE TRUTHS” 5 - “A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM” 6 - E Pluribus Unum 7 - AMERICA'S MISSION 8 - AMERICAN FUNDAMENTAL 9 - THE FOUR FREEDOMS 10 - NEW FRONTIERS, OLD TRUTHS 11 - THE AMERICAN DREAM 12 - “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL” CONCLUSION ...
... holds us together (a common faith). Some Americans—fundamentalists of the right and left— struggle more than the average citizen with such ambiguity. Respectively seeking to expand the compass of their piety or to remove every vestige ...
... hold against your great writers: they are read throughout the world, but they were not able, or willing, to tell the world what kind of heart and spirit you have. People concluded that you didn't have any. You were envied, but you were ...
... hold the future in their hands—The American Creed journeys through the highlights of American history, revisiting our national hymns, holidays, sacred texts, and shrines. I write not as a historian but as an American citizen and ...
... hold government sanction. The First Church in Plymouth (now Unitarian Universalist) has gathered for 382 years under the Puritan covenant of the Mayflower Compact. Other liberal churches have adapted the Mayflower Compact as their bond ...
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 | |