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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Prothero, Stephen R. (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The American Bible [Texte imprimé] : how our words unite, divide, and define a nation / Stephen Prothero
Édition : 1st ed
Publication : New York : HarperOne, 2012
Description matérielle : vii, 533 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Genesis ; The Exodus story ; John Winthrop: "A model of Christian charity" (1630)
; Thomas Paine: Common sense (1776) ; The Declaration of Independence (1776) ;
Noah Webster: The blue-back speller (1783- ) ; Law ; The Constitution (1787) ;
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) ; Roe v. Wade (1973) ; Chronicles ; Harriet
Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's cabin (1852) ; Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1884) ; Ayn Rand: Atlas shrugged (1957) ; Psalms ; Francis Scott Key: "The star-spangled
banner" (1814) ; Irving Berlin : "God bless America" (1938) ; Woody Guthrie: "This
land is your land" (1940) ; Proverbs ; Benjamin Franklin: "Remember that time is
money" (1748) ; Benjamin Franklin: "God helps those who help themselves" (1758) ;
Patrick Henry : "Give me liberty or give me death" (1775) ; Abigail Adams: "Remember
the ladies" (1776) ; Sojourner Truth: "Ain't I a woman?" (1851) ; Abraham Lincoln:
"With malice toward none, with charity for all" (1865) ; Chief Joseph : "I will fight
no more forever" (1877) ; Calvin Coolidge: "The business of America is business"
(1925) ; Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal
for the American people" (1932) ; John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can
do for you - ask what you can do for your country" (1962) ; Ronald Reagan: "evil
empire" (1983) ; Prophets ; Henry David Thoreau: "Civil Disobedience" (1849) ;
Dwight Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961) ; Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I have a dream"
(1963) ; Malcolm X: The autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) ; Lamentations ; Abraham
Lincoln: Gettysburg address (1863) ; Maya Lin: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) ;
Gospels ; Thomas Jefferson: First inaugural address (1801) ; Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
First inaugural address (1933) ; Ronald Reagan: "The speech" (1964) ; Acts ; The
Pledge of Allegiance (1892, 1954) ; Epistles ; George Washington: Farewell address
(1796) ; Thomas Jefferson: "Letter to the Danbury Baptists" (1802) ; Martin Luther
King Jr.: "Letter from Birmingham jail" (1963).
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 491-510) and index
"America has been a nation that has unfolded as much on the page and the podium as
on battlefields or in statehouses. Here Stephen Prothero reveals which texts continue
to generate controversy and drive debate. He then puts these voices into conversation,
tracing how prominent leaders and thinkers of one generation have commented upon the
core texts of another, and invites readers to join in. Prothero takes the reader into
the heart of America's culture wars. These 'scriptures' provide the words that continue
to unite, divide, and define Americans today."--Book jacket
Sujet(s) : Caractère national américain
Éloquence politique -- États-Unis
Littérature et société -- États-Unis
Nationalisme et littérature -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780062123435 (hardback). - ISBN 0062123432 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42764152p
Notice n° :
FRBNF42764152
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