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Christians in the American empire : faith and citizenship in the new world order /
What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation, and that the American founding and the American Constitution can be linked to a Christian understanding of the state and society. Vincent Rougeau ar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation, and that the American founding and the American Constitution can be linked to a Christian understanding of the state and society. Vincent Rougeau argues that the United States has become an economic empire of consumer citizens, led by elites who seek to secure American political and economic dominance around the world. Freedom and democracy for the oppressed are the public themes put forward to justify this dominance, but the driving force behi. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195188097 0195188098 9780199720071 019972007X 9780199852109 0199852103 1282053531 9781282053533 9786612053535 6612053534 |