U.S. war-culture, sacrifice, and salvation
By: Kelly Denton-Borhaug
Series: Religion and violence
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oakville, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845537104; 9781845537111
Subjects: Religious life and customs; War and society; Christianity and culture; Sacrifice; War; Christianity
Other titles: United States war-culture, sacrifice, and salvation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: War-culture and sacrifice; title: Building and maintaining the drive to war : victimage rhetoric, framing, and the language of sacrifice; title: A deadly nexus : "necessity," Christian salvation, and war-culture; title: Rehabilitating sacrifice?; title: Detranscendentalizing war; title: Appendix : "Just this once" by Coleman Barks.