1st Edition

American Exceptionalism Vol 3

By Timothy Roberts, Lindsay DiCuirci Copyright 2013
    422 Pages
    by Routledge

    422 Pages
    by Routledge

    American exceptionalism – the idea that America is fundamentally distinct from other nations – is a philosophy that has dominated economics, politics, religion and culture for two centuries. This collection of primary source material seeks to understand how this belief began, how it developed and why it remains popular.

    Higginson, The Cause of God and his People in New-England; 1: John Higginson, The Cause of God and his People in New-England as it was Stated and Discussed in a Sermon Preached before the Honourable General Court of the Massachusetts Colony, on the 27 day of May 1663. Being the Day of Election at Boston (Cambridge, MA: Samuel Green, 1663).; Sewall, Phænomena Quædam Apocalyptica; 2: Samuel Sewall, Phœnomena Quœdam Apocalyptica (Boston, MA: Bartholomew Green and John Allen, 1697).; Colman, The Religious Regards we Owe to our Country; 3: Benjamin Colman, The Religious Regards we Owe to our Country and the Blessings of Heaven Assured Thereunto (Boston, MA, 1718).; Langdon, The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States; 4: Samuel Langdon, The Republic of the Israelites an Example to the American States. A Sermon Preached at Concord, in the State of New-Hampshire; before the Honorable General Court, at the Annual Election. June 5, 1788 (Exeter, NH: Lamson & Ranlet, 1788).; Woodhull, A Sermon, for the Day of Publick Thanksgiving; 5: John Woodhull, A Sermon, for the Day of Publick Thanksgiving Appointed by the President, on Account of the Establishment of the New Constitution, &c. November 26, 1789 (Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1790).; Austin, The Downfall of Mystical Babylon; 6: David Austin, The Downfall of Mystical Babylon; or, A Key to the Providence of God. In the Political Operations of 1793–4. Being the Substance of a Discourse, Preached First at Elizabeth Town, and Afterwards at New-York, on the Evening of the Lord’s Day, April 7, 1793 (Edinburgh, 1795).; P. S., ‘Will Christianity Ever Become Universal?’; 7: P. S., ‘Will Christianity Ever Become Universal?’, Monthly Magazine, and American Review , 3 (July 1800), pp. 4–7.; Robbins, An Historical View of the First Planters of New England; 8: Thomas Robbins, An Historical View of the First Planters of New England (Hartford, CT: Peter B. Gleason, 1815).; Storrs, et al., A Sermon Delivered at North Bridgewa

    Biography

    Timothy Roberts