The idea of Manifest Destiny inspired Americans to push west, leading to the creation of the first national parks. But those beliefs spelled removal for many Native American groups.
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With modern borders drawn up by colonial powers, some African governments have turned to religion to try to forge national unity since independence.
The American Jewish community is changing as it becomes increasingly diverse and politically polarized.
The Star-Spangled Banner does indeed yet wave.
Student activists are losing faith in the legacies of anti-apartheid heroes like Nelson Mandela. Perhaps all South Africans should do the same. It may just be what the country needs for its future.
The tradition of republicanism offered us civil religion, a foundation of belief that could counter any politics or policy that demands sacrifice in this world to be compensated in some “beyond”.
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of Politics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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