LEADER 02840nam 22006134a 450 001 9910465527803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-05353-1 010 $a0-19-972007-X 010 $a9786612053535 035 $a(CKB)2560000000300338 035 $a(EBL)431232 035 $a(OCoLC)319510128 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121914 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11143235 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121914 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10111614 035 $a(PQKB)11696617 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC431232 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL431232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288341 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205353 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000300338 100 $a20080125d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChristians in the American empire$b[electronic resource] $efaith and citizenship in the New World order /$fVincent D. Rougeau 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-216) and index. 311 $a0-19-518809-8 311 $a0-19-985210-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOld-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. 330 $aWhat 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 behi 606 $aChristianity$zUnited States$xForecasting 606 $aChristian sociology 607 $aUnited States$xMoral conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristianity$xForecasting. 615 0$aChristian sociology. 676 $a261.80973 700 $aRougeau$b Vincent D.$f1963-$0919532 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465527803321 996 $aChristians in the American empire$92062401 997 $aUNINA