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A simple walk through Washington, DC, to view the significant monuments, memorials, and artifacts found in our Nation's capital, began a profound journey of personal discovery and renewal for Newt Gingrich, one of America's most influential politicians and commentators. His first stop was the National Archives, where the immortal words from the Declaration of Independence that we "are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights" jumped off the page and into his heart. From day one in our country's history, the Author of freedom was not the state nor even the Founding Fathers. Our basic human rights and freedoms, which have been the spark for all of America's accomplishments and greatness, were - and are - "Creator-endowed." Gingrich sounds a clarion call for us to recognize that the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness that we hold so dear are inseparable from a sincere and humble acknowledgement that these gifts are only the Creator's to give.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #33100 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-10
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 159 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781591454823
• Condition: NEW
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From Publishers Weekly
This brief mandate by Gingrich, the architect of 1994's conservative congressional manifesto "The Contract with America," opens with a battle cry: "There is no attack on American culture more deadly and more historically dishonest than the secular effort to drive God out of America's public life." The book's arguments are predictable: Gingrich claims that references to God are sprinkled everywhere in our nation's founding documents; that most Americans believe in God; and our classrooms and courtrooms are the laboratories where such belief is being irrevocably eroded. He trots out quotations from founding fathers that suggest their allegiance to Christianity or at least to theism, but conveniently ignores evidence that some of these men—particularly Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—believed religion should have little, if any, role in the nation's government. If the book's thesis is tired and essentially unpersuasive, its unique contribution is its innovative, even brilliant, method of organization. Gingrich presents his arguments as a "walking tour" of the nation's capital, beginning with the National Archives and winding through the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, Capitol, White House and other sites. This structure does much to freshen up a book that is otherwise indistinguishable from prior offerings by Pat Robertson and David Barton. (Aug. 22)
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From AudioFile
This short work, written by the former speaker of the House of Representatives and narrated jointly by him and his wife, argues against a purely secular interpretation of our nation's founding and history. They do this by taking a tour of the nation's capital and pointing out references to God in the writings of the Founders and on many of the buildings of Washington, DC. This work will probably not change many minds, but it does have some interesting points to make. Mr. Gingrich is a polished and experienced speaker who gives this production an easygoing and confident reading that is quite easy to follow. Mrs. Gingrich is not so polished, but she quickly warms up to the text. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine