The Problem Of The American Society

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Thomas Jefferson wrote those words to express the emotions of a nation that desired freedom, and to shake the foundation of the British Empire. However, this simple, but eloquent phrase has sparked one of the greatest debates in American history. Is America a Christian nation? One question has divided the nation and its politicians since the founding and forming of America. This fiery debate has sparked more controversy than any other debate in modern politics.

Of the fairly limited amount of books I have read in my lifetime regarding the origins of the country we live in today from a religious standpoint, the vast majority are rife with one scarcely mentioned and not infrequent pitfall of inaccuracy that glares at me as I flip through their pages: they sugarcoat the difficult parts. Any controversy that may mitigate their argument (such as the gruesome altercations between the early colonists and the Native Americans, Benjamin Franklin’s or Thomas Jefferson’s religious stances, or the Americans’ horribly violent recalcitrance against the nation they then considered home) is deceptively changed or mollified in attempt to please readers, or perhaps even more embarrassingly, omitted out of sheer ignorance on the subject. With The Light and the Glory, preacher Peter Marshall and New York publishing house editor David Manuel defy the stereotypes of American Christian authors and unapologetically disregard potential vitriol from their intended audience in the process. After conducting extensive research on the topics they planned to discuss in their book, Marshall and Manuel devised the following thesis for The Light and the Glory: (a) God has, or at least had, a definitive and demanding plan for America, and (b) our continual deviation from this plan is why modern America is so seemingly headed for

Andrew R. Deras Dr. Jide Osikomaiya English 100 8 September 2016 The Most Compelling Problems In American Schools As we delve back into a new year for students and teachers alike returning to school to continue with the daily life of academics and learning, we all must be understanding of what exactly we are sending our peers and children back to. It should be no surprise to most of us that throughout the years we have seen countless upon countless examples from the news and through others, that our school system is flawed in some way, shape or form. It is no longer a coincidence that our students are only achieving 36th from the top in all total curriculum (Arnett). This is also evident to anyone who may happen to own a T.V. and has been a viewer to these numerous articles describing these horrible issues we have within schools firsthand (ABC News). Not only that, but schooling can also be further compromised by politics and law related issues (Ravitch). What my goal for the essay I am submitting to you is; to give my opinions on the current situation of public schooling in America, discuss the issues, and back my points I will be presenting, with concrete evidence I have uncovered in my research. I would like to make it clear that my stance on the current situation is that there is not only a singular problem with public education, but a number of issues that inhibit students to learn properly and function as productive members of society. An excellent place to start would

When the Pilgrims settled into Massachusetts in 1620, they dreamed of a better life, a life away from the persecution they experienced in England from King George. They never would have dreamed that their small colony of Plymouth would blossom to be one of the largest countries in the world. And yet, nearly four hundred years later, it has become apparent to many, that America is in a downward spiral. It has come to a time where, the fate of our country could fall into the hands of one of the many people who believe it is right to persecute those of a specific religion because the actions of a small group of religious extremists. The unalienable First Amendment right of freedom of religion would be denied to more than 2.6 million people, based on uneducated assumptions. In addition to this, America has come to the point where more than forty-five million people live in poverty. Likewise, statistics show approximately 48.1 million people are in the uncomfortable position where they are insecure about their next, if not current, meal. In addition to this, our famous government, our renowned democracy, has become belittled by assumptions of political corruption. Furthermore, the morals in America have started to disappear, not only in our government, but also in our society. More kids are getting bullied and more people agree that we should rely less on faith, the very reason we built and expanded our country in the first place. Our once thriving nation

It can be said, but not denied, that the United States of America is one of the most powerful countries in the world today, and has been for arguably the last one hundred years. With its political agendas and military strength it shapes governments; with its social trends and values it shapes cultures. But what, exactly, shaped the United States? The various worldviews that have sprouted from Western philosophy is the most obvious answer, but, to be more specific, it is how those worldviews were adopted that were of the most significance. Whether it was the strict nature of the Puritans, who can be held responsible for the widely-held fear of sexuality, drug-use, and various other topics in America; or the revolutionary ideas of the

Thus, it is logical that American leaders such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson sought to establish an American society and culture that reflected their ethics which were rooted in Christianity. An important Christian ethical belief adhered to by our founding fathers was the opinion that the growth of urban cities would enable immorality and foreign culture to corrupt the newly created American society. Within “The Imperfect Panacea,” Thomas Jefferson states, “great cities are pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man” (Perkinson, page 10). Perkinson further explained that common rural American citizen believed “the new urban dwellers were restless, indifferent, and vulnerable to intemperance, gambling, sexual immorality, profanity, and Sabbath breaking” (Perkinson, page 11). Even prior to the mass immigration of rural Americans to urban cities caused by the industrial revolution, our founding fathers feared the structured American Republic and its unique Christian and English culture could be affected by other cultures.

Our nation is no longer operating under the principles Federal Doctrine established by our Founders. I refer you to Former Ambassador. John Bolton’s book, How Barack Obama is endangering our national sovereignty, which details the consequences of Obama’s policies on the future of country. It is evident that our institutions are no longer under God’s Covenant, but instead under the Marxist-Socialist dictatorship of an anti-Christian establishment. Author Todd Starnes, God Less America discusses the decay of society and the attack on Christianity stemming from the liberal agenda. The time has come America, to “Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions’ (George

Since the beginning of America’s formation, there has been generalized fear and opposition aimed towards any inclination of possible Catholic influence. This anti-Catholicism was present at the time leading up to the American Revolution, until past the twentieth century. From a larger perspective, this opposition was a part of a greater immigration issue. However, from a micro- perspective the issue of Catholic influence in the new world extended past the country as a whole, and was centered amongst a generalized Protestant population. The first amendment awarded all American citizens personal freedom in regards to religion and personal expression. Though, despite this important amendment, Catholics remained under scrutiny and

During the 1600s, England’s inhabitants were forced to believe and follow the rules and laws of the official religion of the country. The lack of religious freedom angered many people within England, but news of a new beginning arose and created hope for many. News of new land caused encouragement and left no excuse for anyone to stay and continue to be oppression that was dealt out daily throughout the lives of many in England. In 1620, a group of people called the Pilgrims voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean seeking salvation from the violent grip of England. The Pilgrims, as they are known today, escaped England in search of religious freedom, specifically to be able to freely follow and live in Christianity. It has resulted in America being created on a religious foundation. Yet, this apparent fact was one that ultimately stalled America as a society. Today in the twenty-first century, people have taken religion and the Bible and corrupted it. Large amounts of people have taken the Bible and religion and are using it for their selfish goals of spreading propaganda. Many social issues that are present today, such as the treatment of the LGBT community, abortion, racism, feminism, gender roles, and war, has been created or instigated by people’s misinterpretation of the Bible or ignorance of religion. The ultimate truth is that man and women alike have been dictating the lives of many and one’s view

This essay will examine the rise of “modern America”, there were economic, religious, and aspect of life changes took place and it was greatly changed the Americans society’s perceptions, specifically, the north and the south. The rise of “modern America” was greatly motivated immigrants to come to the United States for economic opportunity, industrialization in the North after the civil war created new businesses and job regulations, and the demand for social changes; all of these factors shaped America socially, politically, and economically.

Our nation is no longer the nation of “the American dream”; instead it has become a “melting pot” for all types of wrongs against its own communities. Do you consider yourself a millennial, the generation that will change all that is wrong in our nation? People born in the late 80’s up until the beginning of the new millennium might be the answer to ratifying every single wrong turn our nation has taken. Every day it is the younger generations that are taking a step forward, trying to restore what once was called, “the greatest country in the world”; certainly, it is only with the decline of our nation that this has been made possible. With an ever growing negative information by the media and the state in which we are inheriting our nation

For as long as the human condition has existed on this planet there has always been a need to exploit a person or people. One of those exploitations comes to us in the form of slavery, a state of physical bondage denying a person their freedom. Slavery has existed on this planet in all regions around the world from ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt, ancient Rome, ancient India, Medieval Islam, the Vikings, to Europe and the Americas in the late 1400s. Humans are not the only species that use slavery. Ants in colonies are known to raid other ant species and force them to work. The country I live in now, the United States of America, has had a long, brutal history of slavery. According to Jacqueline Jones, Peter H. Wood, Thomas Borstelmann, Elaine Tyler May, and Vicki L. Ruiz in Created Equal volume 1 “In 1619, a Dutch warship brought to Virginia more than twenty African men and women acquired as slaves in the Caribbean.” This was the first case of slavery in North America. The Spanish and Portuguese had enslaved Africans a little over a century before in the Caribbean and Latin America to harvest sugar cane, turning it into molasses to be processed into rum in Europe. Only 6% of captured Africans were brought to North America, mostly by the British, but still we share similar struggles to our brothers and sisters in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a common place of origin, Mother Africa. There were 13 colonies first in North America, all slavery was legal but overtime more

The dilemma that second generation i.e., Gogol, Sonia and Moshami faced is more psychological rather than physical because, they were born and brought up in America they did not face any cultural or social dilemma. They had known only one culture i.e., American culture and they accepted it and celebrated it fully.

America has started drifting away from the biblical foundation we began with. I believe that we have let worldly things take over our country. Gay marriage and abortion has been legalized in America. Marriage was

American culture refers to the traditions and practices of the people of the United States. Culture comprises of the nature of buildings, religion, music language and marriage. The population of the United States is more than 320 million people making it the most culturally diverse country in the globe. Books such as Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity are important sources of information about American culture. This paper is a reflection on the methods that these books use in providing information about the evolution of the US culture. The paper examines the relationship between these three sources and ways they challenge or inform an understanding of the American society during the late 19th and early 20th century. There is an analysis of the efficiency of the issues tackled by these books in influencing the contemporary discourse surrounding American culture. The major argument of this paper is that Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity provide reliable information about the evolution of the US culture and they supplement each other through the use of relevant examples.