04634nam 2201021Ia 450 991078097610332120230207231044.00-8147-6844-X1-4416-3664-110.18574/9780814768440(CKB)2520000000007952(EBL)866196(OCoLC)784884517(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325821(MiAaPQ)EBC866196(DE-B1597)547414(DE-B1597)9780814768440(Au-PeEL)EBL866196(CaPaEBR)ebr10356704(EXLCZ)99252000000000795220090804d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierEmpire of sacrifice[electronic resource] the religious origins of American violence /Jon PahlNew York New York University Press20101 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6895-4 0-8147-6762-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Rethinking Violence and Religion in America -- 2 Sacrificing Youth -- 3 Sacrificing Race -- 4 Sacrificing Gender -- 5 Sacrificing Humans -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author It is widely recognized that American culture is both exceptionally religious and exceptionally violent. Americans participate in religious communities in high numbers, yet American citizens also own guns at rates far beyond those of citizens in other industrialized nations. Since9/11, United States scholars have understandably discussed religious violence in terms of terrorist acts, a focus that follows United States policy. Yet, according to Jon Pahl, to identify religious violence only with terrorism fails to address the long history of American violence rooted in religion throughout the country’s history. In essence, Americans have found ways to consider blessed some very brutal attitudes and behaviors both domestically and globally.In Empire of Sacrifice, Pahl explains how both of these distinctive features of American culture work together by exploring how constructions along the lines of age, race, and gender have operated to centralize cultural power across American civil or cultural religions in ways that don’t always appear to be "religious" at all. Pahl traces the development of these forms of systemic violence throughout American history, using evidence from popular culture, including movies such as Rebel without a Cause and Reefer Madness and works of literature such as The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and The Handmaid's Tale, to illuminate historical events. Throughout, Pahl focuses an intense light on the complex and durable interactions between religion and violence in American history, from Puritan Boston to George W. Bush’s Baghdad.Christianity and cultureUnited StatesViolenceReligious aspectsChristianityViolenceUnited StatesSacrificeSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesChurch historyAmerican.Empire.Pahl.Sacrifice.across.age.all.along.always.appear.both.centralize.civil.constructions.cultural.culture.distinctive.dont.explains.exploring.features.gender.have.lines.operated.power.race.religions.religious.that.these.together.ways.work.Christianity and cultureViolenceReligious aspectsChristianity.ViolenceSacrificeSocial aspects261.8Pahl Jon1958-1562920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780976103321Empire of sacrifice3830932UNINA