Christians in the American Empire : Faith and Citizenship in the New World Or...

by Vincent D. Rougeau

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Christians in the American Empire : Faith and Citizenship in the New World Order, Hardcover by Rougeau, Vincent D., ISBN 0195188098, ISBN-13 9780195188097, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? 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. This state of affairs raises important questions for Christians. In recent times, religious voices in American politics have taken on a moralistic stridency. Individual issues like abortion and same-sex marriage have been used to "guilt" many Christians into voting Republican or to discourage them from voting at all. Using Catholic social teaching as a point of departure, Rougeau argues that conservative American politics is driven by views of the individual and the state that are inconsistent with mainstream Catholic social thought. Without thinking more broadly about their religious tradi

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2008
• ISBN: 9780195188097
• Condition: Fine

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