The Babylon Complex : Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty

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Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. culture and politics. Political citations of Babylon range widely, from torture at Abu Ghraib to depictions of Hollywood glamour and decadence. In political discourse, Babylon appears in conservative ruminations on democratic law, liberal appeals...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Runions, Erin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
War > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church and state.
Christian sociology.
Sovereignty > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Souverainete > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Sexualite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Sociologie religieuse > Christianisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Christian sociology > United States > History > 21st century.
Church and state > United States > History > 21st century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Babylon is a surprisingly multivalent symbol in U.S. culture and politics. Political citations of Babylon range widely, from torture at Abu Ghraib to depictions of Hollywood glamour and decadence. In political discourse, Babylon appears in conservative ruminations on democratic law, liberal appeals to unity, Tea Party warnings about equality, and religious advocacy for family values. A composite biblical figure, Babylon is used to celebrate diversity and also to condemn it, to sell sexuality and to regulate it, to galvanize war and to worry about imperialism. Erin Runions explores the signific.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9780823257379

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