God's new Israel : religious interpretations of American destiny

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Cover; Contents; Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition; Introduction; PART ONE: THE COLONIAL ERRAND INTO THE WILDERNESS; Good Newes from Virginia; A Modell of Christian Charity; God's Controversy with New England; The Latter-Day Glory Is Probably to Begin in America; PART TWO: REVOLUTION, CONSTITUTION, AND A NEW NATION'S DESTINY; The American States Acting Over the Part of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness; The United States Elevated to Glory and Honour; The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States; First Inaugural Address. PART THREE: WESTWARD THE COURSE OF DESTINYA Plea for the West; Discourses; Oration; Passage to India; The Star of Empire; PART FOUR: CIVIL WAR AND NATIONAL DESTINY; The Battle Set in Array; National Responsibility before God; Second Inaugural Address; Our Obligations to the Dead; PART FIVE: NATIONAL PROGRESS AND WEALTH; Our Country's Place in History; The Tendencies of American Progress; The Relation of Wealth to Morals; A White Life for Two; PART SIX: AMERICAN DESTINY AND WORLD WAR; Patriotism; Presenting the Treaty for Ratification; Annual Message to Congress. Anglo-Saxon Destiny and ResponsibilityPART SEVEN: CHALLENGES SINCE MID-CENTURY; America's World Role; Freedom's New Task; The Arrogance of Power; The Black American; Letter from Birmingham Jail; The Ballot or the Bullet; National Morals; Separation of Church and State: ""Christian Nation"" and Other Heresies; Creating a Healed World: Spirituality and Politics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z