Trump And The Puritans
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Trump And The Puritans
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Author : James Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2020-01-14
Trump And The Puritans written by James Roberts and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The year 2020 is a hugely significant one for the United States of America, marking as it does the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower Pilgrims to the New World and their establishment of a 'godly' colony in (what was for them) the 'American wilderness'. But it is also the year of the next Presidential election, one where the current occupant is expected to stand for re-election. Many millions of Americans will not see this as a random juxtaposition of events, since for them the unlikely person of Donald Trump is the one chosen by God to implement a twenty-first-century programme of godly rule and the restoration of American spiritual exceptionalism that is directly rooted in those far-off times when Puritan settlers (who followed in 1630) first established a semi-theocratic 'New Jerusalem' in the 'New World'. The USA is the home of more Christians than any other nation on earth. In 2014 research revealed that 70.6 per cent of Americans identified as Christians of some form with 25.4% identifying as 'Evangelicals'. Eighty-one per cent of them, around 33.7 million people, voted Trump in 2016. How can it be that self-described Christians of the 'Evangelical Religious Right' see, of all people, Donald Trump as their political representative and thus defender of their cause? Trump and the Puritans argues that while Donald Trump is no Puritan, the long-term influence of these 17th century radicals makes the USA different from any other Western democracy, and that this influence motivates and energizes a key element of his base to an astonishing degree and has played a major part in delivering political power to Trump.
Trump And The Protestant Reaction To Make America Great Again
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Author : Matthew Rowley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-11-01
Trump And The Protestant Reaction To Make America Great Again written by Matthew Rowley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-01 with History categories.
This book explores how polarised interpretations of America’s past influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing Protestant reactions to President Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America should remember historical racism, sexism and exploitation. Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past influences present injustice and equality. The 2020 killing of George Floyd forced these rival histories into the open. Rowley proposes that recovering a complex view of the past, confessing the bad and embracing the good, might help Americans have a shared memory that can bridge polarisation and work to secure justice and equality. An accessible and timely book, this is essential reading for those concerned with the vexed relationship of religion and politics in the United States, including students and scholars in the fields of Protestantism, history, political science, religious studies and sociology.
The American School
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Author : Joel Spring
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-02-15
The American School written by Joel Spring and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with Education categories.
This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader’s own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular, the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools, leading up to the educational ideas of the current U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump’s administration and the influence of the Alt-Right.
Can America Be Great Again
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Author : Ssemugoma Evangelist FRANCISCO
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-07
Can America Be Great Again written by Ssemugoma Evangelist FRANCISCO and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-07 with categories.
The reformation which was started by Martin Luther in 1517, gave rise to the Puritans who fled from Europe because of the persecutions and went to the land which came to be known as, the United States of America (USA) and a new nation was given birth to, basing on Christian principles.The Puritans risked their lives to cross the ocean in the Mayflower because they were fleeing from religious persecution. They were named Puritans, a derogatory term for their brand of extreme Christianity - and things went badly for them in England in the last half of the 16th century. The persecution they faced in England was genuine. People were killed for their beliefs. So they fled to Holland, hoping for better reception of their particular beliefs. The trouble is, the Dutch were far too tolerant and libertine for the severe Puritans, however, the Puritan Pilgrims left Holland for the "New World" not to escape religious persecution, but because they were not allowed to impose their extreme code of morality on those around them. They were not allowed to inflict their beliefs on people who did not share their beliefs.The Puritan pilgrims, became the Founding Fathers of USA, though some of these had some diverse beliefs such as, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Paine were Deists. (For those unfamiliar with Deism, it acknowledges a creator but disavows any sort of interaction between the creator and the creation. In other words, God made the world but left us to our own devices, not conversing with us through holy writings, revelations, or prayers.) Alexander Hamilton was Anglican. James Madison called himself Anglican but was more of a Deist. John Adams was a Congregationalist early on, but he converted to Unitarianism. John Jay was an Orthodox Christian etc, never the less, God used them to begin a God fearing Christian nation in the names of USA.
Who Is An Evangelical
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Author : Thomas S. Kidd
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2019-09-24
Who Is An Evangelical written by Thomas S. Kidd and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Religion categories.
A leading historian of evangelicalism offers a concise history of evangelicals and how they became who they are today Evangelicalism is arguably America’s most controversial religious movement. Nonevangelical people who follow the news may have a variety of impressions about what “evangelical” means. But one certain association they make with evangelicals is white Republicans. Many may recall that 81 percent of self†‘described white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, and they may well wonder at the seeming hypocrisy of doing so. In this illuminating book, Thomas Kidd draws on his expertise in American religious history to retrace the arc of this spiritual movement, illustrating just how historically peculiar that political and ethnic definition (white Republican) of evangelicals is. He examines distortions in the public understanding of evangelicals, and shows how a group of “Republican insider evangelicals” aided the politicization of the movement. This book will be a must†‘read for those trying to better understand the shifting religious and political landscape of America today.
The Money Cult
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Author : Chris Lehmann
language : en
Publisher: Melville House
Release Date : 2016-05-31
The Money Cult written by Chris Lehmann and has been published by Melville House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with History categories.
A grand and startling work of American history America was founded, we’re taught in school, by the Pilgrims and other Puritans escaping religious persecution in Europe—an austere and pious lot who established a culture that remained pure and uncorrupted until the Industrial Revolution got in the way. In The Money Cult, Chris Lehmann reveals that we have it backward: American capitalism has always been entangled with religion, and so today’s megapastors, for example, aren’t an aberration—they’re as American as Benjamin Franklin. Tracing American Christianity from John Winthrop to the rise of the Mormon Church and on to the triumph of Joel Osteen, The Money Cult is an ambitious work of history from a widely admired journalist. Examining nearly four hundred years of American history, Lehmann reveals how America’s religious leaders became less worried about sin and the afterlife and more concerned with the material world, until the social gospel was overtaken by the gospel of wealth. Showing how American Christianity came to accommodate—and eventually embrace—the pursuit of profit, as well as the inescapability of economic inequality, The Money Cult is a wide-ranging and revelatory book that will make you rethink what you know about the form of American capitalism so dominant in the world today, as well as the core tenets of America itself.
Donald Trump Fulfilling Prophecy Evangelical Interpretation Of The Presidential Policy
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Author : Stella Benedikt
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2023-01-11
Donald Trump Fulfilling Prophecy Evangelical Interpretation Of The Presidential Policy written by Stella Benedikt and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-11 with Political Science categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 2,0, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, course: Religion and Politics in America, language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes how Evangelicals interpret and understand Trump and his policy in a way that suits their idea of the world. The first chapter will show how religion developed in America. America's history is crucial for understanding the uniqueness of the religious landscape and helps to comprehend where the evangelical mindset is coming from. After explaining the main ideas of Evangelism, the last chapter will introduce three high-ranking personalities associated with Trump and their influence in politics. The main argument is that these Evangelicals support Donald Trump and promote him because they are reading signals in his appearance, language, and actions that suit the biblical prophecy they believe in. Because of certain events "[...] many evangelicals begin to feel that they are living in a world like the world of the Bible." For evangelical Christians, the bible is a road map that tells the future and shapes the way they view the present. They aim for a foreign policy that is affirming those prophecies. Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, who is representing the Republican Party, depends on their votes as white evangelical Protestants have become the most pro-Republican of all the major religious traditions and are considered the base or core of the contemporary party in elections.
American Exceptionalism
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Author : Ian Tyrrell
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-06-19
American Exceptionalism written by Ian Tyrrell and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-19 with History categories.
A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished career, Ian Tyrrell has been one of the most influential historians of the idea of American exceptionalism, but he has never written a book focused solely on it until now. The notion that American identity might be exceptional emerged, Tyrrell shows, from the belief that the nascent early republic was not simply a postcolonial state but a genuinely new experiment in an imperialist world dominated by Britain. Prior to the Civil War, American exceptionalism fostered declarations of cultural, economic, and spatial independence. As the country grew in population and size, becoming a major player in the global order, its exceptionalist beliefs came more and more into focus—and into question. Over time, a political divide emerged: those who believed that America’s exceptionalism was the basis of its virtue and those who saw America as either a long way from perfect or actually fully unexceptional, and thus subject to universal demands for justice. Tyrrell masterfully articulates the many forces that made American exceptionalism such a divisive and definitional concept. Today, he notes, the demands that people acknowledge America’s exceptionalism have grown ever more strident, even as the material and moral evidence for that exceptionalism—to the extent that there ever was any—has withered away.
American Babylon
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Author : Philip S. Gorski
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-03-31
American Babylon written by Philip S. Gorski and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Religion categories.
Why did 81 percent of white evangelicals vote for Donald Trump in 2016? And what does this tell us about the relationship between Christianity and democracy in the United States? American Babylon places our present political moment against a deep historical backdrop. In Part I the author traces the development of democratic institutions from Ancient Greece through to the American Revolution and of Christian political theology from Augustine to Falwell. Part II charts the decline of democratic governance within American churches; explains the capture of evangelical Christianity by the Republican Party; and denounces the fateful embrace between white Christian nationalists and right-wing populists that culminated in Trump’s victory. An accessible and timely book, American Babylon is essential reading for those concerned with the vexed relationship of religion and politics in the United States, including students and scholars in the fields of divinity, history, political science, religious studies, and sociology.
The American School
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Author : Joel H. Spring
language : en
Publisher: Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
Release Date : 2018
The American School written by Joel H. Spring and has been published by Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Education categories.
This current, comprehensive history of American education is designed to stimulate critical analysis and critical thinking by offering alternative interpretations of each historical period. In his signature straight-forward, concise style, Joel Spring provides a variety of interpretations of American schooling, from conservative to leftist, in order to spark the reader�s own critical thinking about history and schools. This tenth edition follows the history of American education from the seventeenth century to the integration into global capitalism of the twenty-first century to the tumultuous current political landscape. In particular, the updates focus on tracing the direct religious links between the colonial Puritans and the current-day Trump administration. Chapters 1 and 2 have been rewritten to take a closer look at religious traditions in American schools, leading up to the educational ideas of the current U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. An updated Chapter 15 further links traditional religious fundamentalist ideas and the twentieth century free market arguments of the Chicago school of economists to President Trump�s administration and the influence of the Alt-Right.