03266nam 2200649 a 450 991077902490332120230802005019.01-280-49229-5978661358752710.36019/9780813553184(CKB)2550000000100347(EBL)902768(OCoLC)792688133(SSID)ssj0001101140(PQKBManifestationID)11604368(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001101140(PQKBWorkID)11068444(PQKB)11025346(MiAaPQ)EBC902768(OCoLC)966926228(MdBmJHUP)muse52748(DE-B1597)530423(DE-B1597)9780813553184(Au-PeEL)EBL902768(CaPaEBR)ebr10556505(CaONFJC)MIL358752(EXLCZ)99255000000010034720110913d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrGod and war[electronic resource] American civil religion since 1945 /Raymond Haberski, JrNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20121 online resource (301 p.)Ideas in ActionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-5295-8 0-8135-5318-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lincoln's bequest -- Civil religion incorporated -- Civil religion redeemed -- Civil religion reborn -- Civil religion at bay -- Civil religion forsaken -- Reckoning with American civil religion.Americans have long considered their country to be good—a nation "under God" with a profound role to play in the world. Yet nothing tests that proposition like war. Raymond Haberski argues that since 1945 the common moral assumptions expressed in an American civil religion have become increasingly defined by the nation's experience with war. God and War traces how three great postwar “trials”—the Cold War, the Vietnam War, and the War on Terror—have revealed the promise and perils of an American civil religion. Throughout the Cold War, Americans combined faith in God and faith in the nation to struggle against not only communism but their own internal demons. The Vietnam War tested whether America remained a nation "under God," inspiring, somewhat ironically, an awakening among a group of religious, intellectual and political leaders to save the nation's soul. With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 behind us and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, Americans might now explore whether civil religion can exist apart from the power of war to affirm the value of the nation to its people and the world.Ideas in ActionCivil religionUnited StatesUnited StatesHistory, MilitaryReligious aspectsUnited StatesReligion1945-Civil religion201/.72730973Haberski Raymond J.1968-1518081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779024903321God and war3755433UNINA