God's new Israel : religious interpretations of American destiny /
The belief that America has been providentially chosen for aspecial destiny has deep roots in the country's past. As both astimulus of creative American energy and a source of Americanself-righteousness, this notion has long served as a motivatingnational mythology. God's New Israel is a c...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press
©1998.
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| Edition: | Rev. and updated ed. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807866580_cherry |
| Summary: | The belief that America has been providentially chosen for aspecial destiny has deep roots in the country's past. As both astimulus of creative American energy and a source of Americanself-righteousness, this notion has long served as a motivatingnational mythology. God's New Israel is a collection of thirty-one readings that trace the theme of American destiny under God through major developments in U.S. history. First published in 1971 and now thoroughly updated to reflect contemporary events, it features the words of such prominent and diverse Americans. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 410 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 080786658X 9780807866580 9781469616445 1469616440 0807824496 0807847542 9780807824498 9780807847541 |