LEADER 04668nam 2201033Ia 450 001 9910456564103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-6844-X 010 $a1-4416-3664-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814768440 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007952 035 $a(EBL)866196 035 $a(OCoLC)784884517 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325821 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866196 035 $a(DE-B1597)547414 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814768440 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866196 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10356704 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007952 100 $a20090804d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpire of sacrifice$b[electronic resource] $ethe religious origins of American violence /$fJon Pahl 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-6895-4 311 $a0-8147-6762-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Tables and Figures -- $tPreface and Acknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Rethinking Violence and Religion in America -- $t2 Sacrificing Youth -- $t3 Sacrificing Race -- $t4 Sacrificing Gender -- $t5 Sacrificing Humans -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aIt 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. 606 $aChristianity and culture$zUnited States 606 $aViolence$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 606 $aViolence$zUnited States 606 $aSacrifice$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aEmpire. 610 $aPahl. 610 $aSacrifice. 610 $aacross. 610 $aage. 610 $aall. 610 $aalong. 610 $aalways. 610 $aappear. 610 $aboth. 610 $acentralize. 610 $acivil. 610 $aconstructions. 610 $acultural. 610 $aculture. 610 $adistinctive. 610 $adont. 610 $aexplains. 610 $aexploring. 610 $afeatures. 610 $agender. 610 $ahave. 610 $alines. 610 $aoperated. 610 $apower. 610 $arace. 610 $areligions. 610 $areligious. 610 $athat. 610 $athese. 610 $atogether. 610 $aways. 610 $awork. 615 0$aChristianity and culture 615 0$aViolence$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 615 0$aViolence 615 0$aSacrifice$xSocial aspects 676 $a261.8 700 $aPahl$b Jon$f1958-$01043399 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456564103321 996 $aEmpire of sacrifice$92468347 997 $aUNINA