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A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future

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A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future

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"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
Abraham Lincoln

Nothing is more daring in the American experiment than the founders' belief that the American republic could remain free forever. But how was this to be done, and are Americans doing it today?

It is not enough for freedom to be won. It must also be sustained. Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. Summoning historical evidence on how democracies evolve, Guinness shows that contemporary views of freedom--most typically, a negative freedom from constraint-- are unsustainable because they undermine the conditions necessary for freedom to thrive. He calls us to reconsider the audacity of sustainable freedom and what it would take to restore it.

"In the end," Guinness writes, "the ultimate threat to the American republic will be Americans. The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor." The future of the republic depends on whether Americans will rise to the challenge of living up to America's unfulfilled potential for freedom, both for itself and for the world.

Country	USA
Author	Os Guinness
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780830866823
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	IVP Books
Manufacturer	IVP Books
NumberOfPages	224
PublicationDate	2012-08-10
Publisher	IVP Books
ReleaseDate	2012-08-10
Studio	IVP Books

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