Part 2 is a discussion of the way values often believed to be «God - given and biblical» are related to the values of
the American Dream.
According to the script of
the American Dream, the family was essential to the hope for «a Christian America.»
Whether the membership policy in a congregation is inclusive or exclusive, both have been deeply influenced by «the family pew» tradition of
the American Dream.
But they are evidence of the extent to which an intact family, performing «God - given» roles at home and in the world, is essential to belief in
the American Dream.
Aren't you sucking up somebody else's life and calling it good business, and
the American dream, and the twenty - first century culture?
Although denominational leaders, seminary professors, and pastors may know that dreams of American manifest destiny influenced nineteenth - century theology, few seem to recognize the ways in which
the American Dream still influences the church today.
For most of American history a belief that America is a Christian nation has sustained the ideals of
the American Dream.
Nevertheless, wherever churches are growing it is often because they remain faithful to some of the attitudes and aspirations of
the American Dream.
The use of Judeo - Christian symbols and values to express
the American Dream continues to influence the way Protestants use and understand the Bible.
«We were living high and on a roll financially — achieving
the American dream.
This very moment challenges all the American myths ever made about fair play, and blessing, and the protestant ethic, and
the American dream, and freedom and justice for all.
On the other hand, even when leaders are committed to seeking social justice, they have not been able to sustain a legitimate critique of poverty and injustice in America because the family ideals of
the American Dream continue to be linked to democratic values and economic stability.
she was only selfish bc she believed if you work hard you should receive benefit (eg
The American Dream) not the lazy individuals who do nothing.
Victorian use and understanding of Scripture supported a theology of
the American Dream.
They are rightly suspicious if the principles are the sexist and racist values of
the American Dream.
Many of the ideas associated with
the American Dream are no longer expressed in nineteenth - century terms.
You've given up on
the American Dream, and you're ready to embrace authentic faith in Jesus.
In American Made, Seal seems to justify his immorality (and amorality to an extent) because he finds
the American Dream worth attaining by any means necessary.
The result is a two - hour thrill ride disguised as a loosely - factual history lesson, laying out the case for how morality and
the American Dream both intersect and diverge.
I know plenty of people, both rich and poor, who are suffocating from the weight of
an American dream, who find themselves heavily burdened by the lifeless toil and consumption we put upon ourselves.
I believed it would lift me into the heaven of
the American dream.
During the movie, Tom Cruise's roguish persona keeps the character basically likable and worth investing in, but by the end, it's clear that Liman has something different to say about
the American Dream and how many of us can be just as easily swayed by the perks of moral relativism.
Many of us settle for
the American dream or the European dream over God's dream.
The values of
the American Dream can be destructive habits of thought.
A country that was founded on the principles of liberty and justice for all will remember how justice was too long denied to African - Americans, how the civil rights movement made clear that separate is not equal, and how King's dream of all people living together in peace was «deeply rooted in
the American dream.»
According to the sociology of
the American Dream, churches exist to support families so there will be a moral citizenry.
we had
the american dream.
But as a disciple of Jesus, I want more for my son than
the American Dream.
It is past time for us secular humanists, wimp liberals, and unborn - again spoilers of
the American Dream to wake up.
Anthony Walton wrote in the Atlantic Monthly that the «glittering cybercities on the hill, the latest manifestation of
the American Dream,» actually «shed the past and learn to exist without contemplating or encouraging the tragedy of the inner city.»
The prosperity movement was constituted by «the deification and ritualization of
the American Dream.»
Founding fathers of America can only offer
you an American dream and you have to take risk and fight for your own destiny,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Dillard does not give us that return here; instead she leaves us at the point where her childhood left off, in
an American dream of open roads and music loud enough for freedom.
This was the birthplace of
the American Dream, a place where anyone who had a will to try and a strong work ethic could improve his or her lot in life.
What would it mean for Christians to give up that little piece of
the American Dream that says, «You are limitless»?
I would be the first to agree that Beck is a buffoon but a buffoon that has used
the American dream to his advantage!
Dear Jesus... more of this stuff... the down trodden living
the American dream!
It is a dream deeply rooted in
the American dream.
The new monastic communities swim against the pull of
the American dream — to be financially secure, to move across the country for a better job, to plan for retirement.
The show is a story of an era in which
the American dream had never been better, nor worse.
MDL7, I suppose you know what the «
American Dream» is, huh?
It is the people's decision to do, what they want to do, and are left alone to peruse
their American dream.
King saw that for the vast majority of black Americans, their fundamental oppression was not that they were black, but that they were poor — last hired, first fired, locked out of
the American dream, living in a vast twilight zone of joblessness and hopelessness.
Raj — you have no friggin idea what the «
American Dream» is if you feel that life without religion is the way to go.
People come here to live the «
American Dream» that they Can't have where they're from or they wouldn't have come - Assimilation is the key — not adapting to a new way of life is offensive and detrimental to all.
The paradise theme has been more prominent and more conscious, but those who believe that
the American dream, the paradisic hope, has but lately turned into a nightmare, suffer from illusion.
It is our «
American Dream», the pursuit of materialistic possessions as our goal in life.
Despite what you might have heard in church, the plans of Jesus for your life do not closely resemble
the American Dream.
This is living your faith outside
the American dream.
It's called «
the American dream.»