Saving Christianity From Empire
“At a time when Christian fundamentalists see the extension of American power in the world as God-given, Saving Christianity from Empire is especially welcome. In clear, strong language it demolishes the religious justification for imperialism and brings to the fore the best of the Christian heritage—the moral imperative for a nation to love and respect its neighbors.” –Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States (Howard Zinn, Author of A People's History of the United States and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Boston University)"Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer's Saving Christianity from Empire delineatesthe critical choices that face Amercan Christians in 2004, a choicebetween violent, world-dominating American empire supported by an apocalptic Christianity or a genuinely democratic American republic buttressed by anon-violent, eqalitarian Christianity. As Nelson-Pallmeyer makes clear, the first choice is leading America and the world to disaster, but it will not be easy to change course when both our religion and our nationalist ideology have long collaborated in promoting a fatal addiction to militarist global domination." -Rosemary Radford Ruether Carpenter, Professor of Feminist Theology Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California (Rosemary Radford Ruether Carpenter)“Nelson-Pallmeyer’s description of a foreign policy that has moved from containment to preemptive offensive war is fascinating, troubling and always historically informed.” –Christian Century, 4/5/05 (The Christian Century)