Rediscovering God in America; Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History and Future

The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 7.375 inches. 159, [1] pages. Includes a Walking Tours of Our Nation's Capital with Map and illustrations. Mount Vernon associated bookplate signed by the author on the fep. Newton Leroy Gingrich (né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012, Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. Since leaving the House, Gingrich has remained active in public policy debates and worked as a political consultant. He founded and chaired several policy think tanks, including American Solutions for Winning the Future and the Center for Health Transformation. A simple walk through Washington, DC, to view the significant monuments, memorials, and artifacts found in our Nation's capital, began a profound journey of personal discovery and renewal for Newt Gingrich, one of America's most influential politicians and commentators. His first stop was the National Archives, where the immortal words from the Declaration of Independence that we "are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights" jumped off the page and into his heart. From day one in our country's history, the Author of freedom was not the state nor even the Founding Fathers. Our basic human rights and freedoms, which have been the spark for all of America's accomplishments and greatness, were - and are - "Creator-endowed." Gingrich sounds a clarion call for us to recognize that the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness that we hold so dear are inseparable from a sincere and humble acknowledgment that these gifts are only the Creator's to give.…