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America's Four Gods: What We Say About God -- & What That Says About Us is a book published in 2010, written by Baylor University professors Paul Froese and Christopher Bader. [1] The book was based on a 2005 survey of religious views, which suggested that Americans' conceptions of God fall into four different classes. [ 2 ]
We, the people of the United States, humbly acknowledging Almighty God as the source of all authority and power in civil government, the Lord Jesus Christ as the Ruler among the nations, His revealed will as the supreme law of the land, in order to constitute a Christian government, and in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice ...
The relationship between Christianity and politics is a historically complex subject and a frequent source of disagreement throughout the history of Christianity, as well as in modern politics between the Christian right and Christian left.
[13] [25] What Hath God Wrought portrays religion as a force in its own right, "a vibrant element of culture that shapes how people see the world", and the narration tends to be sympathetic toward religious people and their experiences.
While Christian evangelicals are people of faith who believe, and vote, according to their beliefs, "God & Country" depicts Christian nationalism as a wholly political movement in which stances on ...
"The idea of adopting a constitution may still trace its inspiration to the United States, but the manner in which constitutions are written increasingly does not." [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In particular, the study found that the U.S. Constitution guarantees relatively few rights compared to the constitutions of other countries and contains less than half ...
Fresno attorney on push to let state legislatures, not the people, decide elections. | Commentary Too many Americans want a dictatorship, not democracy. That fails our national motto
However, in a theodemocratic system, God was to be the ultimate power and would give law to the people, who would be free to accept or reject, presumably based on republican principles. Somewhat analogous to a federal system within a theodemocracy, sovereignty would reside jointly with both the people with God. Some natural tensions still exist ...