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This well-researched anthology looks at American history through the prayers its people have offered over the past two-and-a-half centuries. Prayers are drawn from a wide variety of faiths, including Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.Sections include: Prayers for America: for an Election, for the Government, in Times of War or Crisis, for Repentance and Renewal, for Peace, Thanksgivings and LitaniesPrayers for national occasions: Inauguration Day, Presidential birthdays, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Election Day, Thanksgiving Day, and othersPrayers from American history: Prayers said on historic occasions such as Washington’s funeral, the American Revolution, the death of George Washington, the slave trade and abolition, the Civil War, the death of Abraham Lincoln, the Industrial Revolution, the Spanish-American War, the First World War, the Second World War, the Clinton impeachment crisis, the 9/11 attack, and more.
Where else can you get such a sense of American history? Here are prayers that were said at George Washngton's funeral, as Lincoln lay dying, and after Hiroshima. Here is an African American giving thanks for the abolition of the slave trade and the prayer Franklin Roosevelt wrote so that Americans could join him in praying for the success of the D-Day landings. Prayers from American history and prayers for the American calendar: Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, etc. This book is truly an American Prayer Book - there are prayers by rabbis and priests and ministers and imams. There's a prayer co-written by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim chaplains during the first Gulf War. It's a book from which to learn and a book that ought to be widely used.
