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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... nature of what he too 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 ...
... nature was conquered and society tamed. But a new wilderness beckoned. The virgin American woods had their own story, an oral history passed down by Shamans of a hundred tribes. To European eyes, however, America was a second Eden. Long ...
... nature of our aspirations as a people remarkably well. If Winthrop's sermon sets the tone for all subsequent expressions of American moral ambition, he could not conceivably have imagined how his Puritan aspirations might one day give ...
... nature sinful—the word liberty, as a human rather than a divine attribute, was interchangeable with the word license. Untethered to a directing authority, liberty would lead to immoral behavior and, in turn, undermine social stability ...
... nature of their theological vision) who contributed the first important chapter in the development of the American Creed. The principles stated in the Declaration of Independence are a natural extension of covenant theology from ...
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 | |