For many people in US the heart of Americanism was the Founding Father’s Enlightenment: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
But long before the Enlightenment American roots were in the Old Testament expressed through Puritanism and Judaism. Both the Puritan and Judaic traditions appear to be liberal and the opposite of totalitarianism. Bruce Lerro’s article describes how the Old Testament can be the foundation for a liberal totalitarianism we have had since the end of World War II.
Read full article by Bruce Lerro on our website in Perspectives and Analysis
