Faith-Based War
from 9/11 to catastrophic sucess in Iraq
- ISBN: 9781845531621
- Editorial: Equinox Publishing
- Fecha de la edición: 2009
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Colección: Religion and violence
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 189
- Idiomas: Inglés
A faith-based policy governed key features of the American invasion of Iraq, including the choice of a self-defeating #Shock and Awe# strategy, and a grossly mismanaged occupation. A religious rationale likewise blinded devotees of the White House torture program to the predictable cost in American lives, and the damage to America#s moral standing. The Bush Administration embraced an imperialist Christian militarism that unites elements of classic Puritan tradition with the mythology of the Western frontier. Faith-Based War brings into focus this dangerous perversion of Christian teaching, and details its catastrophic results. Contents: Introduction: Faith-Based War Ch 1. American Blindspot Ch 2. Defending God#s Chosen Ch 3. Limitless Divine Sanction Ch 4. The Fire of Freedom Ch 5. Drinking the Kool Aid Ch 6. Avenging Angel Ch 7. Six-gun Saviors Ch 8. Moral Clarity and Moral Collapse Ch 9. A Theology of Torture Coda: Hooded Man
