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Preface | xiii | |
1. | The Challenge of a Contradictory Civil Religion | 1 |
The Strange Persistence of Biblical Language | 1 | |
The Steady Theme of Redeeming the World | 3 | |
A Contradictory Civil Religion in the Time of Jihad | 6 | |
2. | The Endangered Towers and the Crusade Against Jihad | 10 |
Contradictory Responses | 11 | |
The Background of September 11 | 13 | |
Martial Response and Lost Opportunities | 16 | |
Militant Jihad's Rationale | 18 | |
The Parallel Logic of Crusade and Jihad | 20 | |
3. | Popular Culture as a Bearer of the National Complex | 26 |
Superheroic Entertainments and Civil Religion | 27 | |
The Rise of the American Monomyth | 28 | |
The Popularization of Crusading Zeal | 35 | |
American Superheroism as a Threat to Democracy | 39 | |
The Challenge of Pop Fascism | 42 | |
4. | A Rod of Iron or a Light to the Nations | 44 |
The Birth of Israelite Zeal and Realism | 45 | |
The Critique of Zealous Warfare by Prophetic Realists | 48 | |
Israel's Dilemma during the Roman Period | 51 | |
The Book of Revelation and the Dominance of Zealotry | 53 | |
5. | America's Zeal to Redeem the World | 55 |
The Rise of a Millennial Mission | 55 | |
Clashes between Zealous Nationalism and Prophetic Realism | 61 | |
Zeal's Frustration and the Claim of Manifest Destiny | 66 | |
The Religious Impulse in American Imperialism | 68 | |
World War I as a Millennial Crusade | 71 | |
World War II and the Disjunction between Zeal and Realism | 75 | |
6. | The Frustration of American Zealous Nationalism | 79 |
The Cold War's Thwarted Crusade | 80 | |
Brinkmanship and the Ideology of Anti-communism | 88 | |
The Arrogant Missteps of Global Idealism | 96 | |
Defeated Superheroism in Vietnam | 100 | |
Zealous Nationalism and the Loss of Honor | 103 | |
7. | The Ascendancy of Mythic Politics | 107 |
Artificial Euphoria and the Mayaguez Episode | 108 | |
Carter's Failure at Domestic Superheroism | 112 | |
Reagan and the Ephemeral Triumph of Macho Superheroism | 115 | |
The Mirage of Invulnerable Defense | 118 | |
Illusions of National Innocence | 119 | |
The Gulf War and the Lost Chance for Prophetic Realism | 123 | |
Clinton's Frivolous Use of Mythic Politics | 126 | |
8. | The Rapturous Rebirth of Millennial Zealotry | 131 |
The Recent Popularity of the Doom Boom | 131 | |
The Background of Millennial Theology | 135 | |
Calendars for the Rapture | 138 | |
Recent Forms of Millennial Civil Religion | 142 | |
Jerusalem and the End of Days | 144 | |
Responsible Uses of the Apocalyptic | 147 | |
9. | The Global Popularization of Zeal and Jihad | 149 |
The Recent Militarization of Jihad | 150 | |
Zealous Fervor in Israel | 155 | |
Spiraling Sanctified Violence | 160 | |
Aum Shinrikyo in Japan | 162 | |
Seeking Responsible Forms of Zeal and Jihad | 164 | |
10. | Consumed by Zeal and Jihad | 167 |
Zeal in the Bible | 168 | |
Hot Zeal in Its Modern Embodiments | 170 | |
The Dominance of Cool Zeal | 176 | |
Artful Zeal's Destructive Legacy | 180 | |
The All-consuming Nature of Zeal and Jihad | 186 | |
The Need for Modest Zeal and Jihad | 188 | |
11. | Evil as a Grand Conspiracy | 192 |
Conspiracy Theory in the Bible | 194 | |
A Realistic Theory of Evil | 197 | |
Grand Conspiracies in American Politics | 200 | |
Conspiracy Theory and the Vietnam War | 206 | |
Paths Away from the Grand Conspiracy | 209 | |
12. | Stereotypes of Good and Evil | 214 |
The Rise of Stereotypes in Biblical History | 216 | |
American Adaptations of Ancient Stereotypes | 221 | |
Six Features of Popular Stereotypes | 223 | |
Problematic Stereotypes in Recent History | 226 | |
Three Negative Effects of Stereotyping | 231 | |
Five Strategies to Overcome Destructive Stereotypes | 237 | |
13. | To Convert Them or Destroy Them | 245 |
Redemptive Violence in the Bible | 246 | |
Violence and America's Sense of Mission | 250 | |
The Mystique of Violence in American Wars | 254 | |
Hosea's Critique of the Mystique of Violence | 261 | |
Overcoming the Illusions of Redemptive Destruction | 270 | |
14. | Neither Humiliation Nor Defeat | 273 |
Victory as the Reward for Piety in the Old Testament | 275 | |
The Deuteronomic Principle in American History | 276 | |
Mythic Responses to Defeat | 281 | |
The Impact of Defeat on Civil Religion | 285 | |
Bringing Prophetic Resources to the Experience of Defeat | 288 | |
15. | Crusades Against Symbolic Desecration | 294 |
The Struggle to Prevent Flag Desecration | 297 | |
The Danger of Sanctifying National Symbols | 301 | |
Holiness as a Theological Issue | 302 | |
Muslim Campaigns against Desecration | 304 | |
Ominous Parallels in the Flag Desecration Campaign | 306 | |
Biblical Links between Desecration and Zealous Violence | 309 | |
16. | Prophetic Realism in Response to Jihad | 313 |
Isaiah's Vision for Conflict Resolution | 315 | |
A Vision of Global Government | 316 | |
Waning American Support for International Law | 319 | |
Recovering America's Constitutional Mission | 323 | |
Acknowledgments | 325 | |
Endnotes | 327 | |
Index of Names and Subjects | 372 | |
Index of Ancient Texts | 390 |
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Add Captain America and the crusade against evil, This book sets forth a bold argument sure to provoke wide debate. Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence maintain that American crusading - so powerfully embodied in popular entertainment - has striking parallels with Islamic jihad and Israeli militancy., Captain America and the crusade against evil to your collection on WonderClub |