A Free People`s Suicide – Sustainable Freedom and the American Future
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2012
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3465-5 (ISBN)
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3465-5 (ISBN)
Os Guinness traces the evolution of the American ideal of freedom from the founders to the present, warning that the country's defining experiment is on the verge of failure. Summoning historical evidence on the fate of early democracies, he argues that without a renewed commitment to the task of virtue, America will soon wish away her own freedom.
A Logos Book of the Year
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
Abraham Lincoln
Nothing is more daring in the American experiment than the founders' belief that the American republic could remain free forever. But how was this to be done, and are Americans doing it today?
It is not enough for freedom to be won. It must also be sustained. Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. Summoning historical evidence on how democracies evolve, Guinness shows that contemporary views of freedom--most typically, a negative freedom from constraint-- are unsustainable because they undermine the conditions necessary for freedom to thrive. He calls us to reconsider the audacity of sustainable freedom and what it would take to restore it.
"In the end," Guinness writes, "the ultimate threat to the American republic will be Americans. The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor." The future of the republic depends on whether Americans will rise to the challenge of living up to America's unfulfilled potential for freedom, both for itself and for the world.
A Logos Book of the Year
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
Abraham Lincoln
Nothing is more daring in the American experiment than the founders' belief that the American republic could remain free forever. But how was this to be done, and are Americans doing it today?
It is not enough for freedom to be won. It must also be sustained. Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. Summoning historical evidence on how democracies evolve, Guinness shows that contemporary views of freedom--most typically, a negative freedom from constraint-- are unsustainable because they undermine the conditions necessary for freedom to thrive. He calls us to reconsider the audacity of sustainable freedom and what it would take to restore it.
"In the end," Guinness writes, "the ultimate threat to the American republic will be Americans. The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor." The future of the republic depends on whether Americans will rise to the challenge of living up to America's unfulfilled potential for freedom, both for itself and for the world.
Os Guinness (D.Phil., Oxford) is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books, including The American Hour, Time for Truth and The Case for Civility. A frequent speaker and prominent social critic, he was the founder of the Trinity Forum and has been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution as well as a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies. Born in China and educated in England, he now lives near Washington, D.C.
1. What Kind of People Do You Think You Are?
2. Always Free, Free Always
3. Using History to Defy History
4. The Golden Triangle of Freedom
5. The Completest Revolution of All
6. An Empire Worthy of Free People
7. The Eagle and the Sun
Grateful Acknowledgments
Notes
Name Index
Subject Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2012 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Illinois |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 286 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8308-3465-6 / 0830834656 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8308-3465-5 / 9780830834655 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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