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Christians in the American empire : faith and citizenship in the New World order / Vincent D. Rougeau. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2008.Description: xii, 233 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195188097
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR526.R855.C475 2008
  • BR526
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Contents:
Combining faith and reason in the modern world through Catholic social teaching -- Justice, community, and solidarity in the American battle over affirmative action -- Enter the poor: American welfare reform, solidarity, and the capability of human flourishing -- Fear of the other -- Christian cosmopolitans in the American empire.
Subject: 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 behind American hegemony is the need to sustain economic growth and maintain social peace in the United States. ~ from publisher description.
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Old-time religion in a free market empire -- Combining faith and reason in the modern world through Catholic social teaching -- Justice, community, and solidarity in the American battle over affirmative action -- Enter the poor: American welfare reform, solidarity, and the capability of human flourishing -- Fear of the other -- Christian cosmopolitans in the American empire.

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 behind American hegemony is the need to sustain economic growth and maintain social peace in the United States. ~ from publisher description.

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