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03316aam a2200565 i 4500 001 6E3F68C0DB2811ECA7049CC04CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220524010218 008 210507s2021 ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021020484 020 $a 0830852964 020 $a 9780830852963 035 $a (OCoLC)1252736913 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d CLE $d KAT $d YDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1726 $b .M3994 2021 082 00 $a 320.973 $2 23 100 1 $a McKenzie, Robert Tracy, $e author. 245 10 $a We the fallen people : $b the founders and the future of American democracy / $c Robert Tracy McKenzie. 264 1 $a Downers Grove, Illinois : $b IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, $c [2021] 300 $a 294 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: "America is great because ..." -- Introduction: The consent of the governed -- Asking different questions -- "We must take human nature as we find it" -- "The people thought Gen. Jackson worthy" -- "A triumph of the virtue of the people" -- "By permission of the Great Spirit above, and the voice of the people" -- "The people are incapable of protecting themselves" -- Puncturing faith in democracy -- Nurturing hope for democracy -- We the fallen people : renewing our thinking -- We the fallen people : transforming our behavior -- Epilogue: "If America is good ..." 520 $a "The success and survival of American democracy have never been guaranteed. Arguing that we must take an unflinching look at the nature of democracy-and therefore, ourselves-historian Robert Tracy McKenzie explores the ideas of human nature in the history of American democratic thought, from the nation's Founders through the Jacksonian Era and Alexis de Tocqueville"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Democracy $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Exceptionalism $z United States. 650 0 $a Common good. 650 0 $a Founding Fathers of the United States. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 650 6 $a Exceptionnalisme $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Bien commun. 650 6 $a PeÌres fondateurs des EÌtats-Unis. 651 6 $a EÌtats-Unis $x Politique et gouvernement. 650 7 $a Common good. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869784 650 7 $a Democracy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 $a Democracy $x Christianity. $x Christianity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00890101 650 7 $a Exceptionalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01748515 650 7 $a Founding Fathers of the United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01739942 650 7 $a Political culture. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01069263 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a McKenzie, Robert Tracy. $t We the fallen people $d Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, [2021] $z 9780830852970 $w (DLC) 2021020485 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041946.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E3F68C0DB2811ECA7049CC04CECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search