{"product_id":"a-free-peoples-suicide-sustainable-freedom-and-the-american-future-9780830834655","title":"A Free People's Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future","description":"\u003cli\u003e2013 \u003cem\u003eLogos\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year in Christianity\/Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Abraham Lincoln Nothing is more daring in the American experiment than the founders' belief that the American republic could remain free forever. But how was this to be done, and are Americans doing it today? It is not enough for freedom to be won. It must also be\u003cem\u003esustained.\u003c\/em\u003e Cultural observer Os Guinness argues that the American experiment in freedom is at risk. Summoning historical evidence on how democracies evolve, Guinness shows that contemporary views of freedom--most typically, a negative freedom from constraint-- are unsustainable because they undermine the conditions necessary for freedom to thrive. He calls us to reconsider the audacity of sustainable freedom and what it would take to restore it. \"In the end,\" Guinness writes, \"the ultimate threat to the American republic will be Americans. The problem is not wolves at the door but termites in the floor.\" The future of the republic depends on whether Americans will rise to the challenge of living up to America's unfulfilled potential for freedom, both for itself and for the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830834655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2012 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Os Guinness","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645151473820,"sku":"9780830834655","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a256ebc0-41a8-4389-a640-2f929a414699.jpg?v=1603860278","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-free-peoples-suicide-sustainable-freedom-and-the-american-future-9780830834655","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}