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American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present by Philip Gorski

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Summary of the development of contrasting political thought in the United States of America from the beginning through the present moment expressed via a lens of civic religion. Gorski focuses on those who came (white) or were brought in chains (Black) while mostly ignoring those who were already here — though this is an accurate representation of political thought.

Part history, part forecast. Gorski argues that all political thought in this country can be split between individualism and community obligation, and that we have strayed far too close to the individual. We have lost the civic tradition and in doing so we lost ourselves.