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The American Soul
Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
by Jacob Needleman
ISBN: 1585422266
ISBN-13: 9781585422265
Format: Paperback
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Summary
A philosophy professor meditates on the legacy of America's founding fathers and, through biographical sketches, demonstrates how figures such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln embodied the ideals that were meant to shape the American community at large.
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Publisher: J P Tarcher
Published date: 2003
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 377
Publisher's Notes
Examines how the spiritual beliefs and vision of America's founders shaped the country's history and culture and assesses the influence of the spiritual traditions of African slaves, Native Americans, and early mystical communities on colonial America.
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The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
Jacob Needleman
Tarcher, 2003-06-02. Paperback. New. new book...some may show minor shelf wearOver 4 thousand books available, I ship almost all orders the day following your order date(monday thru Saturday/USPS ONLY)...Buyers in FLA/CA/WA/TX/AZ/HA/PR are urged to use PRIORITY shipping as standard media mail times can be slower to your state from MICHIGAN. An auto email will be generated per the venue which will reflect ESTIMATED delivery window...guaranteed specific delivery dates are not offered, buyer must allow sufficient time for purchase /arrival based on location to location and your specific needs. ..I use delivery confirmation free of charge ( more information) Offered by G.T.S. (United States)
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The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
Needleman, Jacob
New York: J. P. Tarcher; Putnam, 2003 xxii, 377 pp., biblio., index; 23 cm. AS NEW. "The venerated religious scholar and bestselling author of Money and the Meaning of Life provides a history of America from an angle never before conceived: how the spiritual vision of the founders shaped our nation. What was the spiritual vision of the founding fathers-and how can we reclaim it today? This inquiry lies at the heart of Jacob Needleman's The American Soul. In mini-biographies of the founders-including Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin-Needleman explores their core inner beliefs, their religious and spiritual sensibilities, and their individual understandings of the purpose of life. The founders, he argues, conceived of an 'inner democracy': a continual pursuit of wisdom and self-improvement that would undergird the outer democracy in which we live. Needleman also explores how the religious and spiritual traditions of the Native Americans, the African slaves, and America's early mystical communities, such as those based in Quakerism, wielded an enormous - and sometimes hidden-impact on the shape of our young nation. The American Soul gives readers a new conception of what America meant in its founding, and what it can mean today. / Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, and the former director of the Center for the Study of New Religions at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley." - Publisher.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 2003. notes; index; 377 pages;. ISBN: 1585422266. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. spirituality;. ( more information) Offered by Highway Book Shop (Canada)
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