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Christian America and the Kingdom of God

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The idea of the United States as a Christian nation is a powerful, seductive, and potentially destructive theme in American life, culture, and politics. And yet, as Richard T. Hughes reveals in this powerful book, the biblical vision of the "kingdom of God" stands at odds with the values and actions of an American empire that sanctions war instead of peace, promotes dominance and oppression instead of reconciliation, and exalts wealth and power instead of justice for the poor and needy. With extensive analysis of both Christian scripture and American history from the founding of the republic to the present day, Christian America and the Kingdom of God illuminates the devastating irony of a "Christian America" that so often behaves in unchristian ways. | Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Getting Our Bearings 1. Christian America As God's Chosen People 2. The Witness of the Hebrew Bible 3. The Witness of the New Testament 4. Why Do We Think of America as a Christian Nation? 5. A Fundamentalist Vision for Christian America: From the Scopes Trial to George W. Bush Notes Index | A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010. — Choice
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Richard T. Hughes is Director of the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, and author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Myths America Lives By and How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind.

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