For God's sake
Subtitle: the Christian right and US foreign policy
By: Lee Marsden.
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781842778852; 9781842778845
Subjects: Religious right -- United States; Christian conservatism -- United States; Christianity and politics -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century; United States -- Politics and government
Description: Religious fundamentalism is a powerful force not only in American domestic politics but also in the way America acts abroad. In For God?s Sake Lee Marsden investigates the way that the Christian Right have influenced US foreign policy, arguing that this influence will continue to fuel hostility against the country for many years to come.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Open doors in the corridors of power; title: Spreading the word; title: Promoting democracy or the gospel?; title: Hijacking the human rights and humanitarian assistance agenda; title: Dominion and the environment; title: Blessing Israel; title: The war on terror; title: Conclusion : from here to eternity.