PDF-(BOOK)-American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time

America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world Today three afflictions keep us from pursuing that noble ideal The first and most obvious affliction is identity politics which seeks to transform America by turning politics into a religious venue of sacrificial offering For now the sacrificial scapegoat is the white heterosexual man After he is humiliated and purged who will be the object of cathartic rage White women Black men Identity politics is the antiegalitarian spiritual eugenics of our age It demands that pure and innocent groups ascend and the stained transgressor groups be purgedThe second affliction is that citizens oscillate back and forth in bipolar fashion at one moment feeling invincible on their social media platforms and the next feeling impotent to face the everyday problems of life without the guidance of experts and global managers Third Americans are afflicted by a disease that cannot quite be named characterized by an addictive hope that they can find cheap shortcuts that bypass the difficult labors of everyday life Instead of real friendship we seek social media friendsInstead of meals at home we order fast food Instead of real shopping we shop online Instead of counting on our families and neighbors to address our problems we look to the state to take care of us In its many forms this disease promises release from our labors yet impoverishes us all American Awakening chronicles all of these problems yet gives us hope for the future. Daily Bible Reading? . Visiting those who are sick or shut in?. Think about Heaven?. How is your INWARD MAN RENEWED DAY BY DAY?. 2 Corinthians 4:16. Daily Bible Reading? . Visiting those who are sick or shut in?. Over time…. Several generations had passed…. Over time many of the colonists had slid away from their traditional Christian roots.. Revival. 1730s – 1740s several prominent preachers come onto the scene… George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards.. Enlightenment . In . the early 1700s revolutions in both religious and nonreligious thought . transformed . the Western world. These . movements . began in Europe and affected life in the American colonies. . What causes us afflictions in this life?. Afflictions. School. Family. Jobs. Financial. Health. Sickness of loved ones. Death of loved ones. Afflictions. All are afflicted – Matthew 5:43-45. To be expected of saints – Acts 14:21-22. 1730s-1740s. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement. Evangelicism – “new birth” considered the ultimate religious experience. Followers accepted that they were sinners and asked for salvation. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement.. Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience.. Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.. Before the Great Awakening. and Utopian Societies. The Second Great Awakening. Around 1800 – 1830’s. Revival of the Great Awakening of the early 18. th. century. Emphasis on personal piety over schooling and theology. A religious movement during the 19. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement. Evangelicism – “new birth” considered the ultimate religious experience. Followers accepted that they were sinners and asked for salvation. 1700’s. The Great Awakening was a spiritual renewal that swept the American Colonies, particularly New England, during the first half of the 18th Century.  It began in England before catching fire across the Atlantic.  . and . the . Enlightenment. What role did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment play in moving the colonists toward revolution?. Essential Question. divine right:. denomination. :. specific religious group. . A religious revival movement that spread throughout the colonies from the 1720s-1740s. The Great Awakening. Origins . Enlightenment . rationalism. Enlightenment corrupted the Anglican Church. But Enlightenment did affect emphasis on the individual. and the . Enlightenment. How did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment . . influence the colonists’ desire for independence?. Essential Question. . . . 1. Explain the colonial social ranks. (see page 136). The Story. Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, struggles against her sense of duty and personal identity. . Her journey is not a quest for superiority, but rather equality. . The reader quickly comes to see how she feels trapped in her roles of wife and mother—a situation Chopin seems to want us to recognize as rather ordinary in this time period. . . E: “What do you mean by the courageous soul?”. . R: “Courageous, ma foi! The brave soul. The soul that dares and defies.” . E: “Show me the letter and play for me the . Impromptu. . You see that I have persistence. Does that quality count for anything in art?”.