Ruether, Rosemary Radford. <br/><br/>
America, Amerikkka  elect nation and imperial violence /  [electronic resource] : 
Rosemary Radford Ruether. 
 - London ;  Oakville, CT :  Equinox,  2007. 
 - viii, 291 p. 
 - Religion and violence .
 - Religion and violence. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-282) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the two faces of America: the ideal America as deception and as protest -- 1. Elect nations of Europe and the making of the American myth of chosenness -- 2. The rights of man and the excluded others: the revolutionary era and beyond -- 3. Manifest destiny and Anglo-Saxon racism: 1815-1875 -- 4. Manifest destiny and American empire: 1890-1934 -- 5. America's global mission: the Cold War era, 1945-89 -- 6. American empire and its denouement: 1990-2007 -- 7. Alternative visions of America: the protest tradition -- 8. Toward a U. S. theology of liberation and letting go. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781317491248 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manifest Destiny.<br/>Imperialism--History.<br/>Political messianism--History.--United States<br/>Religion and politics--History.--United States<br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Racism--Political aspects--History.--United States<br/>Protest movements--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.<br/>United States--Territorial expansion.<br/>United States--Politics and government.<br/>United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E183.7  / .R895 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973