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Author | : Jacob Needleman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2003-06-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1440650446 |
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
Author | : Charles Sherwood Farriss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2015-07-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781330958353 |
Excerpt from The American Soul: An Appreciation of the Four Greatest Americans and Their Lesson for Present Americans O, God of Lincoln, God of Lee, - oh, lead us, Lord, Of Washington, and Roosevelt, rare, - oh, guard us Lord! The work which Thou hast wrought we beg that Thou shalt keep Against an evil day perchance ourselves may bring. Keep off the storms which counter currents often raise; Fast chain our foolish passion's passing gales within, Nor let them, raging, move apart the stones just set, And scatter ruin where now our house so stately stands. Oh, let there be no fool's harsh word on land or sea, Which gathers force ofttimes with good men off their guard, And makes them act more foolishly than he who threw The brand which fired their souls with false and base alarms. Oh, let there be no Prejudice, in North or South, Vile bird that casts its feathered darts from off its back, To wound with brazen claws and wings and hideous beak, And feed on human flesh while foreign Harpies breed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : John M. Barry |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-12-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143122886 |
A revelatory look at the separation of church and state in America—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Influenza For four hundred years, Americans have fought over the proper relationships between church and state and between a free individual and the state. This is the story of the first battle in that war of ideas, a battle that led to the writing of the First Amendment and that continues to define the issue of the separation of church and state today. It began with religious persecution and ended in revolution, and along the way it defined the nature of America and of individual liberty. Acclaimed historian John M. Barry explores the development of these fundamental ideas through the story of Roger Williams, who was the first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, and who created in America the first government and society on earth informed by those beliefs. This book is essential to understanding the continuing debate over the role of religion and political power in modern life.
Author | : Jacob Needleman |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2003-06-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1440650446 |
Looking at the lives of America's founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-scholar and bestselling author Jacob Needleman explores their core of inner beliefs; their religious and spiritual sensibilities; and their individual conception of the purpose of life. The founders, Needleman argues, conceived of an "inner democracy": a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live today. Any understanding of America as a nation of spiritual values will in the years ahead require Needleman's work as a point of reference.
Author | : Anna Thiemann |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2017-09-13 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1351846965 |
Rewriting the American Soul focuses on the political implications of psychoanalytic and neurocognitive approaches to trauma in literature, their impact on cultural representations of collective trauma in the United States, and their subversive appropriation in pre- and post-9/11 fiction. Anna Thiemann connects cutting edge trauma theory with the historical context from which it emerged and shows that contemporary novels encourage us to reflect critically on the cultural meanings and political uses of trauma. In doing so, it contributes to a new generation of trauma scholarship that challenges the dominant paradigm in literary and cultural studies. Moreover, the book intervenes in current debates about the relationship between literature and neuroscience insisting that the so-called neuronovel scrutinizes scientific developments and their political ramifications rather than adopting and translating them into aesthetic practices.
Author | : Andrew R. Heinze |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 458 |
Release | : 2021-03-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0691227918 |
What do Joyce Brothers and Sigmund Freud, Rabbi Harold Kushner and philosopher Martin Buber have in common? They belong to a group of pivotal and highly influential Jewish thinkers who altered the face of modern America in ways few people recognize. So argues Andrew Heinze, who reveals in rich and unprecedented detail the extent to which Jewish values, often in tense interaction with an established Christian consensus, shaped the country's psychological and spiritual vocabulary. Jews and the American Soul is the first book to recognize the central role Jews and Jewish values have played in shaping American ideas of the inner life. It overturns the widely shared assumption that modern ideas of human nature derived simply from the nation's Protestant heritage. Heinze marshals a rich array of evidence to show how individuals ranging from Erich Fromm to Ann Landers changed the way Americans think about mind and soul. The book shows us the many ways that Jewish thinkers influenced everything from the human potential movement and pop psychology to secular spirituality. It also provides fascinating new interpretations of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Western views of the psyche; the clash among Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish moral sensibilities in America; the origins and evolution of America's psychological and therapeutic culture; the role of Jewish women as American public moralists, and more. A must-read for anyone interested in the contribution of Jews and Jewish culture to modern America.
Author | : John M. Barry |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 635 |
Release | : 2012-01-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1101554266 |
A revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America. For four hundred years, Americans have wrestled with and fought over two concepts that define the nature of the nation: the proper relation between church and state and between a free individual and the state. These debates began with the extraordinary thought and struggles of Roger Williams, who had an unparalleled understanding of the conflict between a government that justified itself by "reason of state"-i.e. national security-and its perceived "will of God" and the "ancient rights and liberties" of individuals. This is a story of power, set against Puritan America and the English Civil War. Williams's interactions with King James, Francis Bacon, Oliver Cromwell, and his mentor Edward Coke set his course, but his fundamental ideas came to fruition in America, as Williams, though a Puritan, collided with John Winthrop's vision of his "City upon a Hill." Acclaimed historian John M. Barry explores the development of these fundamental ideas through the story of the man who was the first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, and who created in America the first government and society on earth informed by those beliefs. The story is essential to the continuing debate over how we define the role of religion and political power in modern American life.
Author | : Charles Sherwood Farriss |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2016-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781360239514 |
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Author | : Ronald Schenk |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-12-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9781935528418 |
American Soul delves into American rhetoric surrounding historical and current conditions and events to unearth an underlying cultural narrative or myth rooted in America's particular Judeo-Christian tradition. Exploring the birth and evolution of the nation, foreign policy, political tropes, and the challenges of Katrina, 9/11, Enron, and the financial meltdown, a cultural image emerges which runs counter to popularly accepted notions of the nation's core identity.
Author | : Anita Harvey |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 2015-09-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1503544613 |
During the initial days of Desert Storm Army Reservist Private Anita Harvey had a horrible nightmare. A year after the 1998 bombing of U.S. Embassies then Sergeant Harvey warned some Ft. Hood soldiers that Americans would be attacked on U.S. soil within the next five years. It was a feeling she couldn't shake since that horrible dream years earlier. She did not realize that her dream was a vision foreseeing that horrible day in American history known as 9-11 some ten years later. After years of battling disabilities U. S. Army veteran Anita Harvey has come forth with the novel every soldier and veteran must have; 'Fight For The American Soul'