02840nam 22006134a 450 991046552780332120200520144314.01-282-05353-10-19-972007-X9786612053535(CKB)2560000000300338(EBL)431232(OCoLC)319510128(SSID)ssj0000121914(PQKBManifestationID)11143235(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121914(PQKBWorkID)10111614(PQKB)11696617(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024393(MiAaPQ)EBC431232(Au-PeEL)EBL431232(CaPaEBR)ebr10288341(CaONFJC)MIL205353(EXLCZ)99256000000030033820080125d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristians in the American empire[electronic resource] faith and citizenship in the New World order /Vincent D. RougeauNew York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (248 p.)Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-216) and index.0-19-518809-8 0-19-985210-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Old-time religion in a free market empire -- Combining faith and reason in the modern world through Catholic social thought -- Justice, community, and solidarity in the American battle over affirmative action -- Enter the poor: American welfare reform, solidarity, and the capability of human flourishing -- Fear of the other -- Christian cosmopolitans in the American empire.What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation, and that the American founding and the American Constitution can be linked to a Christian understanding of the state and society. Vincent Rougeau argues that the United States has become an economic empire of consumer citizens, led by elites who seek to secure American political and economic dominance around the world. Freedom and democracy for the oppressed are the public themes put forward to justify this dominance, but the driving force behiChristianityUnited StatesForecastingChristian sociologyUnited StatesMoral conditionsElectronic books.ChristianityForecasting.Christian sociology.261.80973Rougeau Vincent D.1963-919532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465527803321Christians in the American empire2062401UNINA