"The "Nation with the Soul of a Church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3489561 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sidney E Mead (University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 262-283 |
| Publication date | 1967-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3162573 |
| OpenAlex | W1989105611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 34 |
| References cited | 5 |
The apt phrase, "a nation with the soul of a church" was coined by G. K. Chesterton in answer to his question, "What Is America?" the title of the autobiographical essay in which he relates how he came to appreciate what the United States was all about. Being irked, and then amused by the kinds of questions asked him when he applied for entrance into the United States, he was led to ask what is it that "makes America peculiar?" He concluded that it was the fact thatAmerica is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in The Declaration of Independence... It enunciates that all men are equal in their claim to justice, and that governments exist to give them that justice, and that their authority is for that reason just. It certainly does condemn anarchism, and it does also by inference condemn atheism, since it clearly names the Creator as the ultimate authority from whom these equal rights are derived
Atheism · Constitution · Creed · Declaration of independence · Economic Justice · Independence (probability theory) · Political science · Soul · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Whitehead's Philosophy and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 34 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 1969 - 2018 (50) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |