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EB

ONLINE

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2009

1 online resource (x, 189 p.)

ISBN 1845531612 (hb)

ISBN 1845531620 (pbk.)

ISBN 9781845531614 (hb)

ISBN 9781845531621 (pbk.)

Religion and violence

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index

Introduction -- Faith-based war -- Catastrophic success -- American blindspot -- Religious trauma -- America the beautiful -- Defending God’s chosen -- City on a hill -- Alternative cities -- Amalek -- Limitless divine sanction -- Land of promise -- Wine of astonishment -- Rival traditions -- The fire of freedom -- The shining city as God -- Christian soldiers -- The president as mystic -- Drinking the Kool Aid -- Conquest as liberation -- Saddam as Hitler -- Unreal cities -- Avenging angel -- Saint George -- Christlike sacrifice -- The wrath of the Lamb -- Six-gun saviors -- Make-believe cowboys -- Messiahs on horseback -- Six-gun saviors in the White House -- Moral clarity and moral collapse -- Shock and awe -- Moral clarity in battle -- Dead certainty -- Shaken souls -- A theology of torture -- Advertising the dark side -- A theology of torture -- UnAmerican activities -- Coda: Hooded man.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)898104197

GBA972054