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If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
Author: Eric Metaxas
Publisher: PenguinRandom: Viking
Format: Paperback
Categories: History, Society, Socio-Political
Item: 1101979992
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#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Eric Metaxas delivers an extraordinary book that is part history and part rousing call to arms, steeped in a critical analysis of our founding fathers' original intentions for America.
In 1787, when the Constitution was drafted, a woman asked Ben Franklin what the founders had given the American people. "A republic," he shot back, "if you can keep it." More than two centuries later, Metaxas examines what that means and how we are doing on that score.
"If You Can Keep It" is at once a thrilling review of America's uniqueness including our role as a "nation of nations" and a chilling reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless we embrace our own crucial role in living out what the founders entrusted to us. Metaxas explains that America is not a nation bounded by ethnic identity or geography, but rather by a radical and unprecedented idea, based on liberty and freedom for all. He cautions us that it's nearly past time we reconnect to that idea, or we may lose the very foundation of what made us exceptional in the first place.
"Eric Metaxas [is] one of our nation's most brilliant and morally serious public intellectuals." --Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University
"Irresistible . . . compellingly written . . . important. Not only should every American read, they should then reread it aloud to their children and grandchildren." --Dennis Prager
God blesses America, the author contends. Admitting that "the idea that God had chosen this nation for great things does not sit comfortably with modern sensibilities," Metaxas (Lecturer at Large...) nevertheless makes a faith-based argument for American exceptionalism. He believes that the Founding Fathers incorporated into the Constitution the Golden Triangle of Freedom: "freedom requires virtue; virtue requires faith; and faith requires freedom," an idea articulated by British social critic Os Guiness. Metaxas exhorts Americans today to revitalize freedom by behaving virtuously, insisting on virtuous leaders, and recognizing the significance of Judeo-Christian religion in the nation's identity and destiny.... --Kirkus Review (05/01/2016)
Product Type | Books |
ISBN | 1101979992 |
ISBN 13 | 9781101979990 |
Weight | 0.5500 |
Pages | 272 |
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