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From jeremiad to jihad : religion, violence, and America

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From jeremiad to jihad : religion, violence, and America / John D. Carlson and Jonathan H. Ebel, editors.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

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  • Carlson, John D. (John David)
  • Ebel, Jonathan H., 1970-
Description
xvii, 299 p.; 24 cm.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : John Brown, jeremiad, and jihad : reflections on religion, violence and America / John D. Carlson and Jonathan H. Ebel -- From King Philip's war to September 11 : religion, violence, and the American way / Andrew R. Murphy and Elizabeth Hanson -- A nation birthed in blood : violent cosmogonies and American film / S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate -- From covenant to crusade and back : American Christianity and the late Great War / Jonathan H. Ebel -- From jeremiad to manifesto : the rhetorical evolution of John Foster Dulles's "massive retaliation" / Ned O'Gorman -- American providence, American violence / Stephen H. Webb -- New Israel, new Amalek : biblical exhortations to religious violence / John Corrigan -- Religion and violence in black and white / Eddie S. Glaude Jr. -- State violence and the un-American west : Mormons, American Indians, and cults / Todd M. Kerstetter -- Alma White's bloodless warfare : women and violence in U.S. religious history / Lynn S. Neal -- Of tragedy and its aftermath : the search for religious meaning in the shootings at Virginia Tech / Grace Y. Kao -- A just or holy war of independence? The revolution's legacy for religion, violence, and American exceptionalism / John D. Carlson -- Why war is a moral necessity for America : realism, sacrifice, and the Civil War / Stanley Hauerwas -- Contemporary warfare and American efforts at restraint / James Turner Johnson -- Enemies near and far : the United States and its Muslim allies in radical Islamist discourse / Sohail H. Hashmi -- Varieties of "violence" : thinking ethically about the use of force in the war on terror / Jean Bethke Elshtain.
Call Number
JFE 12-6095
ISBN
  • 9780520271654 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520271653 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520271661 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520271661 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011050355
OCLC
757476315
Title
From jeremiad to jihad : religion, violence, and America / John D. Carlson and Jonathan H. Ebel, editors.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Carlson, John D. (John David)
Ebel, Jonathan H., 1970-
Research Call Number
JFE 12-6095
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