America the Beautiful
Description
What is America becoming? Or, more importantly, what can she be if we reclaim a vision for the things that made her great in the first place?
In America the Beautiful, Dr. Ben Carson helps us learn from our past in order to chart a better course for our future. From his personal ascent from inner-city poverty to international medical and humanitarian acclaim, Carson shares experiential insights that help us understand:
- what is good about America
- where we have gone astray
- which fundamental beliefs have guided America from her founding into preeminence among nations
Written by a man who has experienced America's best and worst firsthand, America the Beautiful is at once alarming, convicting, and inspiring. You'll gain new perspectives on our nation's origins, our Judeo-Christian heritage, our educational system, capitalism versus socialism, our moral fabric, healthcare, and much more.
An incisive manifesto of the values that shaped America's past and must shape her future, America the Beautiful calls us all to use our God-given talents to improve our lives, our communities, our nation, and our world.
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Dr. Benjamin S. Carson has served as the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, a candidate for President of the United States, and the seventeenth Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He currently serves as the founder and chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute. He is also the author of six bestselling books: Gifted Hands, Think Big, The Big Picture, One Nation, A More Perfect Union, and Created Equal, the last four of which he coauthored with his wife, Candy. They are the parents of three grown sons and grandparents to eight grandchildren. They live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Content
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- A LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR
- PROLOGUE
- 1. AMERICA'S HISTORY OF REBELLING FOR CHANGE
- 2. WHO ARE "WE THE PEOPLE"?
- 3. ARE WE A JUDEO-CHRISTIAN NATION OR NOT?
- 4. A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
- 5. CAPITALISM: ITS PROS AND CONS
- 6. SOCIALISM: WHOSE POT OF SOUP IS IT?
- 7. WHAT IS A MORAL NATION?
- 8. LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES
- 9. AMERICA'S ROLE IN A WORLD AT WAR
- 10. IS HEALTH CARE A RIGHT?
- 11. A NATION DIVIDED
- 12. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
- 13. WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT AMERICA?
- 14. WHAT DO WE BELIEVE AND IN WHOM DO WE TRUST?
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
