The author of "A Free People's Suicide" presents a provocative assessment of contemporary American culture, proposing that conflict, hostility and incivility are threatening the freedoms of thought and religion Guinness' work defends.
The author of "A Free People's Suicide" presents a provocative assessment of contemporary American culture, proposing that conflict, hostility and incivility are threatening the freedoms of thought and religion Guinness' work defends.
Os Guinness (DPhil, Oxford) was born in China and educated in England. He is the author of more than thirty books, including The Global Public Square , A Free People's Suicide, Renaissance, Fool's Talk, and Impossible People . He has been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the EastWest Institute. A frequent speaker and prominent social critic, he has addressed audiences worldwide. A passionate advocate of freedom of religion and conscience for people of all faiths and none, he was the lead drafter for both the Williamsburg Charter and the Global Charter of Conscience. He lives with his wife, Jenny, in the Washington, DC, area.
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Introduction—A New, New Birth of Freedom? Question One: Do You Know Where Your Freedom Came From? Question Two: Are There Enough Americans Who Care About Freedom? Question Three: What Do You Mean by Freedom? Question Four: Have You Faced Up to the Central Paradox of Freedom? Question Five: How Do You Plan to Sustain Freedom? Question Six: How Will You Make the World Safe for Diversity? Question Seven: How Do You Justify Your Vision of a Free and Open Society? Question Eight: Where Do You Ground Your Faith in Human Freedom? Question Nine: Are You Vigilant About the Institutions Crucial to Freedom? A Republic or a Democracy? Question Ten: Are You Vigilant About the Ideas Crucial to Freedom? Which Revolution Do They Serve? Conclusion—America's Choice: Covenant, Chaos, or Control? Acknowledgments Notes
Introduction—A New, New Birth of Freedom? Question One: Do You Know Where Your Freedom Came From? Question Two: Are There Enough Americans Who Care About Freedom? Question Three: What Do You Mean by Freedom? Question Four: Have You Faced Up to the Central Paradox of Freedom? Question Five: How Do You Plan to Sustain Freedom? Question Six: How Will You Make the World Safe for Diversity? Question Seven: How Do You Justify Your Vision of a Free and Open Society? Question Eight: Where Do You Ground Your Faith in Human Freedom? Question Nine: Are You Vigilant About the Institutions Crucial to Freedom? A Republic or a Democracy? Question Ten: Are You Vigilant About the Ideas Crucial to Freedom? Which Revolution Do They Serve? Conclusion—America's Choice: Covenant, Chaos, or Control? Acknowledgments Notes
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