Militant Christianity : an anthropological history / by Alice Beck Kehoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kehoe, Alice Beck, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

War--Religious aspects--Christianity.

War.

Physical Description:

194 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

Summary:

Today's militant right-wing Christians follow an ancient ethos we can trace over four thousand years to the battle-ax culture of early Indo-Europeans. Their ethos of war as the natural human condition and glorifying battle persisted through the Protestant Reformation, colonization of America, capitalist industrialization, and today's "marketing era" promoting competition. Taking a broad anthropological approach, Militant Christianity gives new insights into the culture of "Christian Warriors." Book jacket.

Contents:

Cultural traditions

The pagan Christian icon

Indo-European Christianity: the foundation

Europe's pagan Christianity

Protestantism fits the state

Capitalism

Antebellum America

Manifest destiny

Hegemony through philanthropy

Secularism threatens

Assault on the secular nation

Interlocking directorates: business and politics

Fortifying the home front

Evolving tradition, resilient backlash

Conclusion: the culture of militant Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781137282446

1137282444

OCLC:

794037042