RE100 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: Manifest Destiny, Gilded Age, Religious Pluralism
Document Summary
The myth of the chosen nation the colonial people. What does the myth say: america is a chosen nation and its citizens constitute a chosen people, (cid:862)m(cid:455)th of a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) e(cid:454)(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)alis(cid:373)(cid:863) What does the myth encourage people to do: american people would appropriate this myth regarding themselves and the land in which they lived. It becomes a badge of privilege and is used to justify oppression and exploit those who a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot see(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:272)hose(cid:374)(cid:863) how the new england puritans felt about the native americans. Who voiced opposition to the myth or interpreted it differently: senator j. Will: we are no better or no worse than the rest of humanity only more successful/fortunate, lincoln, to claim divine favouritism ignores the fact that god stands in judgement on all human pretensions. What (cid:396)edee(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:448)alue o(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:396)edee(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:395)ualities(cid:863) does the (cid:373)(cid:455)th ha(cid:448)e: can serve good and constructive purposes, (cid:862)co(cid:448)e(cid:374)a(cid:374)t(cid:863) i(cid:373)plies (cid:396)espo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ilities to othe(cid:396) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs. The myth of nature"s nation the revolutionary period.
