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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction. John Brown, Jeremiad, and Jihad: Reflections on Religion, Violence, and America
Part One. Religious Origins and Tropes of American Violence
1. From King Philip's War to September 11: Religion, Violence, and the American Way
2. A Nation Birthed in Blood: Violent Cosmogonies and American Film
3. From Covenant to Crusade and Back: American Christianity and the Late Great War
4. From Jeremiad to Manifesto: The Rhetorical Evolution of John Foster Dulles's “Massive Retaliation”
5. American Providence, American Violence
Part Two. Religion and America'S “Others”
6. New Israel, New Amalek: Biblical Exhortations to Religious Violence
7. Religion and Violence in Black and White
8. State Violence and the Un-American West: Mormons, American Indians, and Cults
9. Alma White's Bloodless Warfare: Women and Violence in U.S. Religious History
10. Of Tragedy and Its Aftermath: The Search for Religious Meaning in the Shootings at Virginia Tech
Part Three. The Ethics of Violence and War
11. A Just or Holy War of Independence? The Revolution's Legacy for Religion, Violence, and American Exceptionalism
12. Why War Is a Moral Necessity for America: Realism, Sacrifice, and the Civil War
13. Contemporary Warfare and American Efforts at Restraint
14. Enemies Near and Far: The United States and Its Muslim Allies in Radical Islamist Discourse
15. Varieties of “Violence”: Thinking Ethically about the Use of Force in the War on Terror
Contributors
Index
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