Faith-based war from 9/11 to catastrophic success in Iraq /

Main Author: Herbert, T. Walter 1938-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2009.
Series:Religion and violence
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10386856
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300 |a x, 189 p. 
490 1 |a Religion and violence 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a War  |x Religious aspects  |x Christianity. 
650 0 |a Executive power  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Iraq War, 2003-2011. 
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