Ìn Search of the City on a Hill is the most important study of the origins and of the evolution of a national myth For the second time Richard Gamble took it upon himself to reveal and prove the insidious and particularly American historical tendency to employ religion for polit…
"This timely contribution to current debates about nationalism explains the complex historical reasons behind often violent modern conflicts around issues of land, culture, religion, and politics. Tracing the development of individual nations over many centuries, it offers fasci…
Pagans in the Promised Land provides a startling challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. Using history and cognitive theory, Steven Newcomb demonstrates how U.S. government officials have used religious concepts of Christendom, often unconsciously, to justify the taking…
An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law. Pagans in the Promised Land provides a startling challenge to U.S. federal Indian law and policy. Using history and cognitive theory, Steven Newcomb demonstrates how U.S. government officials have used religious …
An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law.
The topic of the election of Israel is one of the most controversial and difficult subjects in the entire Bible. Modern readers wonder why God would favor one specific people and why Israel in particular was chosen. One of the most important and theologically incisive voices on …
Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, this book explores how God chooses, how humans participate, what we know from the Bible about God's intentions, and whether God's plan for the chosen people succeeds.
Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, this book explores how God chooses, how humans participate, what we know from the Bible about God's intentions, and whether God's plan for the chosen people succeeds.
Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, this book explores how God chooses, how humans participate, what we know from the Bible about God's intentions, and whether God's plan for the chosen people succeeds.
"America, Amerikkka traces the historical and ideological patterns of the U.S. American view of themselves as an elect nation inhabiting a 'promised land' and enjoying a uniquely favored relation with God and a mission to spread 'redemption' qua 'democracy' throughout the world.…