Faith-based war from 9/11 to catastrophic success in Iraq / T. Walter Herbert.

Author/creator Herbert, T. Walter, 1938-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub. Ltd.,
Descriptionx, 189 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesReligion and violence
Religion and violence. ^A1262925
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-185) and index.
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LCCN 2008055836
ISBN9781845531614 (hb)
ISBN1845531612 (hb)
ISBN9781845531621 (pbk.)
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