American Exceptionalism and the Relevance of Political Theology in Contemporary American Society

American exceptionalism has been used both to describe and explain America's unique political, legal, social and religious landscapes. It has served as a justification of American foreign policy and America's frequent choice to act alone, rather than among the community of nations. Claims of uniqueness and exceptionalism can be understood as secularized versions of claims to theological chosenness and uniqueness that lie in the foreground of American history, and the perennial quest to serve as a "city on a hill" or a "light among the nations." In this sense, American exceptionalism merits exploration in the context of political theology.
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• American Exceptionalism
• Jewish Law
• Michael Herz
• Paul Kahn
• Peter Berkowitz
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Samuel Moyn
• Hendrik Hartog
• Political Theology
• Carl Schmidt

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Peter Berkowitz- your historical renditions smack of white male aggrandizement. It's so unfortunate that you cannot aim your brilliant mind at our own history more critically--perhaps recognizing that our democratic brilliance was ahead of its time for perhaps a few decades but since the turn of the 20th century you'd be hard pressed to see the general us government as emblematic of virtue.