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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... union that transcended, even as it encompassed, the historical particularity of the present crisis. Fired with ardor and apprehension—the prospect of a long war, its outcome uncertain—America's first citizens performed an almost perfect ...
... union of faith and freedom, in which faith elevates freedom and freedom tempers faith. The American Creed doesn't impose parochial faith upon its citizens but protects freedom, including freedom of religion, by invoking a more universal ...
... union to disestablish religion, making Unitarianism—today steadfast in its devotion to church/state separation—the American faith last to hold government sanction. The First Church in Plymouth (now Unitarian Universalist) has gathered ...
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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 | |