__What does it mean to be a nation "Under God"? Where have we been as a nation, and where are we going?__   
Using unforgettable accounts of both famous and little-known Americans, Under God tells the stories of men and women of faith who forged our nation. Against these stories of light, the authors also examine the dark side of America's legacy so that a new generation might seek God's face and avoid repeating the sins of the past, for it is only under God that there will truly be "liberty and justice for all."

Four-time Grammy Award winners Toby Mac and Michael Tait, of dc Talk, are leaders in the pursuit of melding music with provocative questions of faith. They have received numerous awards, earned double-platinum albums, are strong-selling solo artists (together they have sold more than 7 million albums), and have released five books in the JESUS FREAKS series that have sold more than 1.5 million copies.   
  
Wallbuilders, founded by David Barton, is a national organization that distributes historical, legal, and statistical information and helps citizens become active in their communities.

In the same uncompromising style of Jesus Freaks, bestselling authors Michael Tait and TobyMac of dc Talk now urge readers to take their stand for America's future--by examining our past. Using unforgettable accounts of both famous and little-known Americans, Under God examines the stories of men and women who forged our nation. Against these, they pair the dark side of America's legacy--racism, slavery, injustice--in order that a new generation might seek God's face and avoid repeating sins of the past. The authors draw on the resources of WallBuilders, a national organization that distributes historical, legal, and statistical information and helps citizens become active in their communities.

From the authors of million-seller Jesus Freaks comes an unflinching look at America's triumphs and sins living Under God.

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
  
Introduction   
1\. Bulletproof: The French and Indian War-Account of a British Officer Worship in the Capitol  
2\. A Declaration of Dependence...Upon God: The Signing of the Declaration of Independence   
3\. A Time for War: Peter Muhlenberg "Give 'Em Watts, Boys!"  
4\. His Sons-Captured!: Abraham Clark Anthony Benezet Father of American Abolitionism   
5\. Benjamin Who?: Benjamin Rush   
6\. Saved by the Fog: Evacuation of Long Island George Duffield, Patriot Preacher   
7\. Giving Credit Where It's Due: Robert Morris, Samuel Adams-A Man Devoted to a Cause  
8\. Gifted: Phillis Wheatley   
9\. Into the Presence: First Continental Congress   
10\. Out of the Jaws of the Wicked: William and Ellen Craft The History of Juneteenth   
11\. "Unless You Kill Me": John Prentiss "Print" Matthews   
12\. Pirating the Planter: Robert Smalls Henry Highland Garnet   
13\. Tired of Giving In: Rosa Parks   
14\. In a Class of Only One: Ruby Bridges The Road to Desegregation   
15\. A Special Instrument Sent of God: Tisquantum-"Squanto" Native American Contributions to the Government   
16\. A Covenanted People: The Pilgrims' Landing at Cape Cod Jamestown   
17\. Government by the Gospel: Plymouth, Massachusetts   
18\. No Justice: C. J. Miller The Jim Crow Era and Black Codes  
19\. Innocent Blood Cries Out: Ida B. Wells-Barnett Lynchings by Race and Year (1882-1960)  
20\. Freedom's Railroad: Harriet Tubman The Underground Railroad   
21\. "Don't Let Them Have Him!": Charles Nalle and Harriet Tubman   
22\. Begin Again: Bridget "Biddy" Mason Revivals in War and Peace   
23\. Crazy Bet: Elizabeth Van Lew   
24\. They Tried to Forget: Duluth, Minnesota  
25\. The Holy Experiment: William Penn State Constitutions  
26\. Defender of the Union: Daniel Webster The Star-Spangled Banner   
27\. One Life to Lose: Nathan Hale Did You Know? and Laus Deo   
28\. Empowered to Persuade: Patrick Henry   
29\. With Regrets: Benedict Arnold   
30\. The United Cry of the Nation: Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address   
31\. Turning Point: Isabella Baumfree- "Sojourner Truth" Three Remarkable Women

TobyMac ;Tait, Michael

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Introduction

1. Bulletproof: The French and Indian War—Account of a British Officer

Worship in the Capitol

2. A Declaration of Dependence . . . Upon God: The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

3. A Time for War: Peter Muhlenberg

"Give 'Em Watts, Boys!"

4. His Sons—Captured!: Abraham Clark

Anthony Benezet—Father of American Abolitionism

5. Benjamin Who?: Benjamin Rush

6. Saved by the Fog: Evacuation of Long Island

George Duffield, Patriot Preacher

7. Giving Credit Where It’s Due: Robert Morris

Samuel Adams—A Man Devoted to a Cause

8. Gifted: Phillis Wheatley

9. Into the Presence: First Continental Congress

10. Out of the Jaws of the Wicked: William and Ellen Craft

The History of Juneteenth

11. “Unless You Kill Me”: John Prentiss “Print” Matthews

12. Pirating the Planter: Robert Smalls

Henry Highland Garnet

13. Tired of Giving In: Rosa Parks

14. In a Class of Only One: Ruby Bridges

The Road to Desegregation

15. A Special Instrument Sent of God: Tisquantum—“Squanto”

Native American Contributions to the Government

16. A Covenanted People: The Pilgrims’ Landing at Cape Cod

Jamestown

17. Government by the Gospel: Plymouth, Massachusetts

18. No Justice: C. J. Miller

The Jim Crow Era and Black Codes

19. Innocent Blood Cries Out: Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Lynchings by Race and Year (1882–1960)

20. Freedom’s Railroad: Harriet Tubman

The Underground Railroad

21. “Don’t Let Them Have Him!”: Charles Nalle and Harriet Tubman

22. Begin Again: Bridget “Biddy” Mason

Revivals in War and Peace

23. Crazy Bet: Elizabeth Van Lew

24. They Tried to Forget: Duluth, Minnesota

25. The Holy Experiment: William Penn

State Constitutions

26. Defender of the Union: Daniel Webster

The Star-Spangled Banner

27. One Life to Lose: Nathan Hale

Did You Know? and Laus Deo

28. Empowered to Persuade: Patrick Henry

29. With Regrets: Benedict Arnold

30. The United Cry of the Nation: Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address

31. Turning Point: Isabella Baumfree—“Sojourner Truth”

Three Remarkable Women

32. Denise. Carole. Cynthia. Addie Mae: Birmingham Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church

33. Stand Up: Martin Luther King Jr.

Chinese Labor and the Transcontinental Railroad

34. When a Sport Is Something More: Jackie Robinson

35. Lifting a People: Richard Allen

Negro Spirituals

36. The Birth and Second Coming of a Message of Hate: Ku Klux Klan

37. “It Is All So Terribly True”: Woodrow Wilson and The Birth of a Nation

38. “God Save These People”: John Witherspoon

39. The Strong Voice of Freedom: Theodore Weld

The Missouri Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Law

40. The Repentant Slaveholder: Angelina Grimké

41. “As a Mother . . . As a Christian”: Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Power to Get Wealth

Inspiration From a Slave

42. A Cycle of Service and Love: John Perkins

1857–1858 Noonday Prayer Meetings

43. “An Impassioned Defense”: John Quincy Adams and the Amistad

A Father's Advice

44. The Dark Side of Lincoln’s Home: Springfield Riot

The Price of Fear

45. The Right Man at the Right Time: Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Pledge of Allegiance

46. “We Need the Storm, the Whirlwind, and the Earthquake”: Frederick Douglass

First African Americans in Congress

47. What Four Hundred Dollars Can Buy: George and Lewis Latimer

Their Contributions Many

48. Forever Fourteen: Emmett Till

Medgar Evers

49. A Legacy of Freedom: John Jay

Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts

50. “I Will Fight No More Forever”: Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé War

America's First Nations People

51. The Smuggled Patriot: John Adams

Fifty Years Later

52. “Remember the Ladies”: Abigail Adams

The Construction of the U.S. Capitol

53. The Voice of Reason: Roger Sherman

54. “Turned Loose to the Whirlwind”: Compromise of 1877

55. A Purposeful Life: George Washington Carver

Forty Acres and a Mule

Remembering Everyone at the Alamo

56. A Soldier’s View: The Sand Creek Massacre

Mexican-American Pioneer: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

57. A Growing Awareness: Benjamin Franklin

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