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Preface | |
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The Challenge of a Contradictory Civil Religion | |
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The Strange Persistence of Biblical Language | |
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The Steady Theme of Redeeming the World | |
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A Contradictory Civil Religion in the Time of Jihad | |
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The Endangered Towers and the Crusade Against Jihad | |
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Contradictory Responses | |
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The Background of September 11 | |
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Martial Response and Lost Opportunities | |
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Militant Jihad's Rationale | |
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The Parallel Logic of Crusade and Jihad | |
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Popular Culture as a Bearer of the National Complex | |
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Superheroic Entertainments and Civil Religion | |
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The Rise of the American Monomyth | |
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The Popularization of Crusading Zeal | |
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American Superheroism as a Threat to Democracy | |
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The Challenge of Pop Fascism | |
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A Rod of Iron or a Light to the Nations | |
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The Birth of Israelite Zeal and Realism | |
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The Critique of Zealous Warfare by Prophetic Realists | |
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Israel's Dilemma during the Roman Period | |
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The Book of Revelation and the Dominance of Zealotry | |
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America's Zeal to Redeem the World | |
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The Rise of a Millennial Mission | |
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Clashes between Zealous Nationalism and Prophetic Realism | |
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Zeal's Frustration and the Claim of Manifest Destiny | |
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The Religious Impulse in American Imperialism | |
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World War I as a Millennial Crusade | |
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World War II and the Disjunction between Zeal and Realism | |
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The Frustration of American Zealous Nationalism | |
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The Cold War's Thwarted Crusade | |
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Brinkmanship and the Ideology of Anti-communism | |
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The Arrogant Missteps of Global Idealism | |
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Defeated Superheroism in Vietnam | |
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Zealous Nationalism and the Loss of Honor | |
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The Ascendancy of Mythic Politics | |
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Artificial Euphoria and the Mayaguez Episode | |
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Carter's Failure at Domestic Superheroism | |
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Reagan and the Ephemeral Triumph of Macho Superheroism | |
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The Mirage of Invulnerable Defense | |
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Illusions of National Innocence | |
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The Gulf War and the Lost Chance for Prophetic Realism | |
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Clinton's Frivolous Use of Mythic Politics | |
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The Rapturous Rebirth of Millennial Zealotry | |
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The Recent Popularity of the Doom Boom | |
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The Background of Millennial Theology | |
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Calendars for the Rapture | |
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Recent Forms of Millennial Civil Religion | |
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Jerusalem and the End of Days | |
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Responsible Uses of the Apocalyptic | |
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The Global Popularization of Zeal and Jihad | |
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The Recent Militarization of Jihad | |
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Zealous Fervor in Israel | |
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Spiraling Sanctified Violence | |
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Aum Shinrikyo in Japan | |
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Seeking Responsible Forms of Zeal and Jihad | |
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Consumed by Zeal and Jihad | |
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Zeal in the Bible | |
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Hot Zeal in Its Modern Embodiments | |
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The Dominance of Cool Zeal | |
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Artful Zeal's Destructive Legacy | |
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The All-consuming Nature of Zeal and Jihad | |
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The Need for Modest Zeal and Jihad | |
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Evil as a Grand Conspiracy | |
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Conspiracy Theory in the Bible | |
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A Realistic Theory of Evil | |
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Grand Conspiracies in American Politics | |
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Conspiracy Theory and the Vietnam War | |
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Paths Away from the Grand Conspiracy | |
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Stereotypes of Good and Evil | |
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The Rise of Stereotypes in Biblical History | |
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American Adaptations of Ancient Stereotypes | |
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Six Features of Popular Stereotypes | |
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Problematic Stereotypes in Recent History | |
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Three Negative Effects of Stereotyping | |
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Five Strategies to Overcome Destructive Stereotypes | |
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To Convert Them or Destroy Them | |
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Redemptive Violence in the Bible | |
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Violence and America's Sense of Mission | |
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The Mystique of Violence in American Wars | |
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Hosea's Critique of the Mystique of Violence | |
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Overcoming the Illusions of Redemptive Destruction | |
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Neither Humiliation Nor Defeat | |
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Victory as the Reward for Piety in the Old Testament | |
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The Deuteronomic Principle in American History | |
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Mythic Responses to Defeat | |
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The Impact of Defeat on Civil Religion | |
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Bringing Prophetic Resources to the Experience of Defeat | |
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Crusades Against Symbolic Desecration | |
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The Struggle to Prevent Flag Desecration | |
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The Danger of Sanctifying National Symbols | |
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Holiness as a Theological Issue | |
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Muslim Campaigns against Desecration | |
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Ominous Parallels in the Flag Desecration Campaign | |
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Biblical Links between Desecration and Zealous Violence | |
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Prophetic Realism in Response to Jihad | |
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Isaiah's Vision for Conflict Resolution | |
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A Vision of Global Government | |
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Waning American Support for International Law | |
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Recovering America's Constitutional Mission | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Endnotes | |
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Index of Names and Subjects | |
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Index of Ancient Texts | |