From Jeremiad to Jihad Religion, Violence, and America

Name: From Jeremiad to Jihad Religion, Violence, and America
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ISBN: 9780520271661

ISBN-10: 0520271661

ISBN-13: 9780520271661

Edition: 2012

Authors: John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel, John Carlson

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Violence has been a central feature of America's history, culture, and place in the world. It has taken many forms: from state-sponsored uses of force such as war or law enforcement, to revolution, secession, terrorism and other actions with important political and cultural implications. Religion also holds a crucial place in the American experience of violence, particularly for those who have found order and meaning in their worlds through religious texts, symbols, rituals, and ideas. Yet too often the religious dimensions of violence, especially in the American context, are ignored or overstated--in either case, poorly understood.From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/6/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

John Carlsonis Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Jon Ebelis Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign



Foreword



Preface


Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America




Religious Origins and Tropes of American Violence



From King Philip's War to September n: Religion, Violence, and the American Way




A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film




From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War




From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's "Massive Retaliation"




American Providence, American Violence




Religion and America's "Others"



New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence




Religion and Violence in Black and White




State Violence arid the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults




Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History




Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech




The Ethics of Violence and War



A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism




Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War




Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint




Enemies Near and Far: The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse




Varieties of "Violence": Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror



Contributors


Index