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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... thing to do, by the way), we may, I fear, be losing an appreciation for the principles upon which America was established. Yes, our forebears often failed to live up to their ideals. That is partly because these ideals were so lofty ...
... thing,” God sang in the voice of Isaiah. “Now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert ... to give drink to my people, my chosen.” The Puritans thought that God was ...
... . Yet, judging from the earliest records, their minds remained fixed on two things above all others: God and freedom. Thanksgiving, our most religious non-Christian holiday, symbolizes everything that unites us as Americans. No one is.
... thing.” He believed that what they were doing was, literally, of cosmic importance. The community they were about to establish would be a beacon for the world, a model for societies everywhere. When one considers the modesty of the ...
... thing in America. In the suggestively named Providence Plantation, he inaugurated the spirit of American pluralism by enforcing religious toleration. As reverent to the spirit of the scriptures as Winthrop was to their letter, Williams ...
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 | |