Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal Book

Observing that Abraham Lincoln once described the United States as an 'almost chosen nation,' Robert Jewett offers a critical survey of the history of America's self-understanding as a nation enjoying both divine blessing and a God-given vocation as a 'city on a hill'.From beginnings at Jamestown, Jewett shows, the American mythology of divine mission has decisively shaped both domestic and foreign policies of the developing nation, and remains one of the most important forces affecting the United States' role in the world today. Chapters include: Colonial Beginnings: The City Set Upon a Hill; The Second Great Awakening, Manifest Destiny, Reform and Reaction; From the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War; The Political Distortion of Religion: Triumphant Fundamentalism, Impeachment, the War Against Terrorism; and more.Read More

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  • 0800662849
  • 9780800662844
  • Robert Jewett, Ole Wangerin
  • 1 April 2008
  • Fortress Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
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