American mythos

why our best efforts to be a better nation fall short

By Wuthnow, Robert

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978-0-69112-504-6
Publisher
Princeton [NJ] ; Princeton University Press, c2006.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on April 15, 2006

Of the books reviewed here, this is the most stimulating and perhaps the most disturbing because it challenges the reader to confront some unsettling truths about who we are, what we believe, and what we must do if we are truly to become a great nation. Wuthnow (sociology and director, Ctr. for the Study of Religion, Princeton Univ.;America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity ) assumes that a people convey their political values via stories or narratives. Americans have oft-repeated rags-to-riches tales in which initiative and hard work bring succes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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