Nevertheless, we’re likely to enter a period in which the U.S. is simply one of a number of economic powers that challenge one another for dominance. Paul Kennedy, a historian of the rise and fall of empires, suggests that such a situation would represent a return to the norm in world affairs. – Christian Century editorial.  Mike Huckabee articulates the opposite position:   “To deny American exceptionalism is in essence to deny the heart and soul of this nation.”  I view this as a theological error, and a dangerous one.