Faith-based war
Subtitle: from 9/11 to catastrophic success in Iraq
By: T. Walter Herbert.
Series: Religion and violence
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781845531614; 9781845531621
Subjects: War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Executive power -- United States; Iraq War, 2003-; United States -- History, Military -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Faith-based war; title: Catastrophic success; title: American blindspot; title: Religious trauma; title: America the beautiful; title: Defending God's chosen; title: City on a hill; title: Alternative cities; title: Amalek; title: Limitless divine sanction; title: Land of promise; title: Wine of astonishment; title: Rival traditions; title: The fire of freedom; title: The shining city as God; title: Christian soldiers; title: The president as mystic; title: Drinking the kool aid; title: Conquest as liberation; title: Saddam asHitler; title: Unreal cities; title: Avenging angel; title: Saint George; title: Christlike sacrifice; title: The wrath of the Lamb; title: Six-gun saviors; title: Make-believe cowboys; title: Messiahs on horseback; title: Six-gun saviors in the White House; title: Moral clarity and moral collapse; title: Shock and awe; title: Moral clarity in battle; title: Dead certainty; title: Shaken souls; title: A theology of torture; title: Advertising the dark side; title: A theology of torture; title: Unamerican activities; title: Coda: Hooded man.