The devil you know
Subtitle: the surprising link between conservative Christianity and crime
By: Elicka Peterson-Sparks, Ph. D.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781633881501; 9781633881518
Subjects: Religious right; Christian conservatism; Crime; Christianity and politics; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ch. One When Did Christians Get So Mean (Again)?; title: ch. Two Jesus Loves You, but We're His Favorites; title: Is the United States a Christian Nation?; title: Historical Arguments; title: Cultural Arguments; title: Statistical Arguments; title: The Continuing Influence of Christianity in the United States: The Example of Nonbelievers; title: ch. Three Why Pick on Christian Nationalists; title: A Cultural Movement; title: Attributes of the Belief System; title: Criminogenic Features of These Attributes; title: ch. Four A Theory of Violent Religiosity; title: The Big Three: Criminogenic Aspects of Christian Nationalism; title: A Theology and Culture of Violence; title: The Psychology of the Fear of Death; title: Providing Support for Criminogenic Strategies in the Criminal Justice System; title: Predicting Violence Related to Christian Nationalism; title: Comparisons to a Few Competing Explanations; title: Some Final Thoughts and Suggestions for Researchers; title: ch. Five The Bible, Cafeteria Style; title: The War on Sin; title: Lethal Violence in the Bible; title: Women as Wicked and Subhuman; title: God Hates Homosexuals; title: Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child; title: ch. Six The Lion or the Lamb; title: The Future of Crime and Justice in America; title: From Theory to Research to Improvement; title: Freedom from Religious Tyranny; title: The Ten Commandments in Action; title: What Would Jesus Really Do?; title: Ten Suggestions for Combating Religious Violence in the United States.