From Jeremiad to Jihad : Religion, Violence, and America / / John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 201.763320973 |
Soggetto topico |
United States - Religion
United States -- Religion Violence - Religious aspects Violence -- Religious aspects Violence - United States Violence -- United States Violence - Religious aspects - United States Violence |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american experience american history christianity cultural history formative moments jeremiad jihad law enforcement modern history order and meaning political history religion and culture religious historians religious history religious identities religious institutions religious rituals religious texts religious violence revolution secession terrorism united states violent history war |
ISBN |
1-280-49193-0
9786613587169 0-520-95153-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America -- 1. From King Philip's War to September 11: Religion, Violence, and the American Way -- 2. A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film -- 3. From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War -- 4. From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's "Massive Retaliation" -- 5. American Providence, American Violence -- 6. New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence -- 7. Religion and Violence in Black and White -- 8. State Violence and the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults -- 9. Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History -- 10. Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech -- 11. A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism -- 12. Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War -- 13. Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint -- 14. Enemies Near and Far. The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse -- 15. Varieties of "Violence": Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790109903321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
From Jeremiad to Jihad : Religion, Violence, and America / / John D. Carlson, Jonathan H. Ebel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
Disciplina | 201.763320973 |
Soggetto topico |
United States - Religion
United States -- Religion Violence - Religious aspects Violence -- Religious aspects Violence - United States Violence -- United States Violence - Religious aspects - United States Violence |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american experience american history christianity cultural history formative moments jeremiad jihad law enforcement modern history order and meaning political history religion and culture religious historians religious history religious identities religious institutions religious rituals religious texts religious violence revolution secession terrorism united states violent history war |
ISBN |
1-280-49193-0
9786613587169 0-520-95153-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America -- 1. From King Philip's War to September 11: Religion, Violence, and the American Way -- 2. A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film -- 3. From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War -- 4. From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's "Massive Retaliation" -- 5. American Providence, American Violence -- 6. New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence -- 7. Religion and Violence in Black and White -- 8. State Violence and the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults -- 9. Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History -- 10. Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech -- 11. A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism -- 12. Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War -- 13. Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint -- 14. Enemies Near and Far. The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse -- 15. Varieties of "Violence": Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808375003321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|