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Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385513127
ISBN-13
9780385513128
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57043677
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Book Title
Americanism : the Fourth Great Western Religion
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
United States / General
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
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0.9 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
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2007-011794
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Advance Praise for "Americanism" "David Gelernter is a national treasure, a patriot-scholar. In "Americanism," he explains what America is to him-- an idea, a belief, a religion. The City on a Hill has no greater or more powerful an advocate." -- Bill Bennett, host of "Bill Bennett's Morning in America" and author of "America: The Last Best Hope" " David Gelernter always has something fresh to say about any subject he touches, but never has he been so original as in this brilliant analysis of what is truly distinctive about America and in the new idea he propounds of the role played by the Bible-- and especially the Old Testament-- in the evolution of our special national character." -- Norman Podhoretz, author of "The Prophets" and editor-at-large, "Commentary" magazine, Advance Praise forAmericanism "David Gelernter is a national treasure, a patriot-scholar. InAmericanism, he explains what America is to him-an idea, a belief, a religion. The City on a Hill has no greater or more powerful an advocate." -Bill Bennett, host ofBill Bennett's Morning in Americaand author ofAmerica: The Last Best Hope "David Gelernter always has something fresh to say about any subject he touches, but never has he been so original as in this brilliant analysis of what is truly distinctive about America and in the new idea he propounds of the role played by the Bible-and especially the Old Testament-in the evolution of our special national character." -Norman Podhoretz, author ofThe Prophetsand editor-at-large,Commentarymagazine
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
200.973
Synopsis
Gelernter argues that America is not a secular nation, but a powerful religious idea--indeed, a religion in its own right. He presents a startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America, and explores why the U.S. is loved--and hated--with so much passion at home and abroad., What does it mean to "believe" in America? Why do we always speak of our country as having a mission or purpose that is higher than other nations? Modern liberals have invested a great deal in the notion that America was founded as a secular state, with religion relegated to the private sphere. David Gelernter argues that America is not secular at all, but a powerful religious idea-indeed, a religion in its own right. Gelernter argues that what we have come to call "Americanism" is in fact a secular version of Zionism. Not the Zionism of the ancient Hebrews, but that of the Puritan founders who saw themselves as the new children of Israel, creating a new Jerusalem in a new world. Their faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation's founders than the Enlightenment. Gelernter traces the development of the American religion from its roots in the Puritan Zionism of seventeenth-century New England to the idealistic fighting faith it has become, a militant creed dedicated to spreading freedom around the world. The central figures in this process were Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, who presided over the secularization of the American Zionist idea into the form we now know as Americanism. If America is a religion, it is a religion without a god, and it is a global religion. People who believe in America live all over the world. Its adherents have included oppressed and freedom-loving peoples everywhere-from the patriots of the Greek and Hungarian revolutions to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Gelernter also shows that anti-Americanism, particularly the virulent kind that is found today in Europe, is a reaction against this religious conception of America on the part of those who adhere to a rival religion of pacifism and appeasement. A startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America and why it is loved-and hated-with so much passion at home and abroad., What does it mean to " believe" in America? Why do we always speak of our country as having a mission or purpose that is higher than other nations? Modern liberals have invested a great deal in the notion that America was founded as a secular state, with religion relegated to the private sphere. David Gelernter argues that America is not secular at all, but a powerful religious idea-- indeed, a religion in its own right. Gelernter argues that what we have come to call " Americanism" is in fact a secular version of Zionism. Not the Zionism of the ancient Hebrews, but that of the Puritan founders who saw themselves as the new children of Israel, creating a new Jerusalem in a new world. Their faith-based ideals of liberty, equality, and democratic governance had a greater influence on the nation' s founders than the Enlightenment. Gelernter traces the development of the American religion from its roots in the Puritan Zionism of seventeenth-century New England to the idealistic fighting faith it has become, a militant creed dedicated to spreading freedom around the world. The central figures in this process were Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, who presided over the secularization of the American Zionist idea into the form we now know as Americanism. If America is a religion, it is a religion without a god, and it is a global religion. People who believe in America live all over the world. Its adherents have included oppressed and freedom-loving peoples everywhere-- from the patriots of the Greek and Hungarian revolutions to the martyred Chinese dissidents of Tiananmen Square. Gelernter also shows thatanti-Americanism, particularly the virulent kind that is found today in Europe, is a reaction against this religious conception of America on the part of those who adhere to a rival religion of pacifism and appeasement. A startlingly original argument about the religious meaning of America and why it is loved-- and hated-- with so much passion at home and abroad.
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BL2525.G46 2007
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