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by Os Guinness

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Cultural observer Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. He calls society to cultivate the essential civic character needed for ordered liberty and sustainable freedom.

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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.

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  • Title A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future
  • Author Os Guinness
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher IVP, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2012-08-10
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780830834655 / 0830834656
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Religion - Socialissues
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, Liberty - Religious aspects - Christianity
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012015955
  • Dewey Decimal Code 261.709

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  • CBA Retailers, 08/01/2012, Page 59

About the author

Os Guinness (DPhil, Oxford) is the author or editor of more than thirty-five books, including The Dust of Death, The Call, Fool's Talk, Carpe Diem Redeemed, The Magna Carta of Humanity, Last Call for Liberty, Impossible People, Unspeakable, and Time for Truth. He is the founder of the Trinity Forum, a prominent social critic, and a frequent speaker who has addressed audiences worldwide. Guinness has a lifelong passion to make sense of our extraordinary modern world and stand between the worlds of scholarship and ordinary life, helping each to understand the other--particularly when advanced modern life touches on the profound issues of faith. 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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