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American civil religion : what Americans hold sacred /
"The United States has never had an officially established national church. Since the time of the first British colonists, it has instead developed a strong civil religion that melds God and nation. In a deft exploration of American civil religious symbols -- from the Liberty Bell to the Vietna...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What is American civil religion?
- America: the name, the concept, and the word
- Jamestown and its anniversaries
- The Mayflower Compact
- Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims, and the Indians
- City on a hill: from Jesus to Winthrop, Kennedy, and Reagan
- The Freedom Trail and Boston Common
- The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the slave quarters
- The flag
- The Declaration of Independence
- The Great Seal and the dollar bill
- The Constitution
- Washington, D.C.: the city, the Capitol, and the White House
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- The Washington Monument
- The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address
- Lincoln's second inaugural address
- Arlington National Cemetery
- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- America the Beautiful
- The Lincoln Memorial
- Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills
- God Bless America
- This Land is Your Land
- The four freedoms
- Iwo Jima: the picture, the monuments, and the battle
- Disney parks
- The Kennedy inaugural
- Kings' speeches: the Mall (1963) and Memphis (1968)
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Transforming the National Mall
- Ground zero, martyrdom, and empire
- Conflict, consensus, and the future.