Dimensions
161 x 242 x 29mm
In both Britain and the United States predominant values are now secular and cross-culturally aware. Yet both countries have inherited a God-given sense of unique mission. This lies at the root of their national character - the sacred myth of Anglo-American identity.
In England, Church and the State were two sides of the same coin. The early Americans believed they were, like the Jews in the Old Testament, God's chosen people. America has not yet freed itself from all that this implies, which partly explains why it is both loved and hated in the rest of the world.
The British have begun to see that they need a more realistic basis on which to define themselves. But they are rapidly forgetting the history that made them what they are. The two national stories, side by side, have a lot to say to each other.
The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have given a new urgency to some of the hottest topics of the 21st century. What makes America so strong and yet so vulnerable? Why do the British and Americans so often stand shoulder to shoulder? What are the real roots of their common history? And what about the future, for England and the USA, particularly in a world threatened by a terrorism which claims religion as its heart?
This topical and deeply revealing book about national identity and its religious roots is even more relevant with recent developments in world affairs.
