Empire of sacrifice : the religious origins of American violence / Jon Pahl.
2010
BR517 .P34 2010 (Mapit)
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Empire of sacrifice : the religious origins of American violence / Jon Pahl.
Author
Pahl, Jon, 1958-
ISBN
9780814767627 (alk. paper)
0814767621 (alk. paper)
9780814767641
0814767648
0814767621 (alk. paper)
9780814767641
0814767648
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New York ; London : New York University Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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BR517 .P34 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
261.8
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : blessed brutalities
Rethinking violence and religion in America
Sacrificing youth : from Reefer Madness to Hostel
Sacrificing race : "the slaveholding religion" from Jarena Lee to Spike Lee
Sacrificing gender : from "Republican mothers" to defense of marriage acts
Sacrificing humans.
Rethinking violence and religion in America
Sacrificing youth : from Reefer Madness to Hostel
Sacrificing race : "the slaveholding religion" from Jarena Lee to Spike Lee
Sacrificing gender : from "Republican mothers" to defense of marriage acts
Sacrificing humans.