Still the Best Hope deals with three huge themes: The first is perhaps the most persuasive explanation for why Leftism has been and will always be a moral failure, despite its acknowledged appeal to many people of goodwill.
The second explains why fundamentalist Islam, despite its historic and growing appeal, cannot make a good society. But Prager holds out hope for an open and tolerant Islam and explains why it will emerge from faithful American Muslims. Without them, America will cease to be an exceptional nation, and therefore cease to be America.
Prager shows why these values can and must be adopted by every nation and culture in the world, why Americans must relearn and recommit to these values, and why America must vigorously export them.
For if the world does not adopt American values, the result will be chaos and barbarism on an unprecedented scale. Title optional. Post Review. Save Question. Show everything Show all reviews Show all questions Show helpful positive reviews Show helpful negative reviews Show unanswered questions. Daniel Bartlett — October 27, The section on Leftism has really helped me to put current events and media reporting in perspective.
It has also helped me to better know how to pray for America and the world. I also was motivated to pray for Prager U and all other groups working to save our great country from fascism and Leftism. Something wrong with this post? Thanks for letting us know. If you can point us in the right direction This post was Flag for removal.
Save Comment. Paul Jubb — August 20, I do not fault Americans for not knowing their distinctive values. No one taught them what they are. And the problem is not new. I only came to realize what these values are in the way medical researchers sometimes happen upon a major discovery — by chance. And this is only possible when the state and government are as small as possible. The freer the state is to do what it wants, the less free the citizen is to do what he wants.
In sum, the bigger the government, the smaller the citizen. If men are to be free, they must control themselves. If men are not God-fearing, they will be state-fearing.
And, as I show repeatedly in the book, every American founder believed that. This is one reason why, as America and Europe have become more and more secular, the state has become more and more powerful. This explains why America has assimilated people of every background more rapidly and successfully than any other country in the world. Ethical nationalism — a nationalism that is rooted in liberty and God-based morality — is part of the American values system — and it is eminently exportable.
We who believe in American values not only want other nations to retain their national identity, we want them to celebrate it. The more Australian Australians feel, the better. These magnificent American values are applicable to virtually every society in the world.
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