Faith-based war [electronic resource] : from 9/11 to catastrophic success in Iraq / T. Walter Herbert.
Material type: TextSeries: Religion and violencePublication details: London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2009.Description: x, 189 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 956.7044/31 22
- BT736.2 .H46 2009
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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.
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