03411nam 2200745Ia 450 991096805760332120200520144314.09786613044013978128304401112830440139780252091544025209154X(CKB)3390000000006636(EBL)3413931(SSID)ssj0000543259(PQKBManifestationID)11371292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543259(PQKBWorkID)10530474(PQKB)10236934(OCoLC)785781250(MdBmJHUP)muse23739(Au-PeEL)EBL3413931(CaPaEBR)ebr10532403(CaONFJC)MIL304401(OCoLC)923493655(MiAaPQ)EBC3413931(Perlego)2382308(EXLCZ)99339000000000663620081120d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristian America and the Kingdom of God /Richard T. Hughes ; foreword by Brian McLaren1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20091 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780252078897 0252078896 9780252032851 0252032853 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : getting our bearings -- Christian America as God's chosen people -- The witness of the Hebrew Bible -- The witness of the New Testament -- Why do we think of America as a Christian nation? -- A fundamentalist vision for Christian America : from the Scopes trial to George W. Bush.The idea of the United States as a Christian nation is a powerful, seductive, and potentially destructive theme in American life, culture, and politics. And yet, as Richard T. Hughes reveals in this powerful book, the biblical vision of the "kingdom of God" stands at odds with the values and actions of an American empire that sanctions war instead of peace, promotes dominance and oppression instead of reconciliation, and exalts wealth and power instead of justice for the poor and needy. With extensive analysis of both Christian scripture and American history from the founding of the republic to the present day, Christian America and the Kingdom of God illuminates the devastating irony of a "Christian America" that so often behaves in unchristian ways. Christianity and politicsUnited StatesKingdom of GodPolitical aspectsUnited StatesParticularism (Theology)Political aspectsUnited StatesKingdom of GodBiblical teachingParticularism (Theology)Biblical teachingChristianity and politicsKingdom of GodPolitical aspectsParticularism (Theology)Political aspectsKingdom of GodBiblical teaching.Particularism (Theology)Biblical teaching.277.3/08Hughes Richard T(Richard Thomas),1943-1120603MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968057603321Christian America and the Kingdom of God4358729UNINA