Christian America and the Kingdom of God by Hughes, Richard T.

Christian America and the Kingdom of God (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252078897)

Vendor: Richard T. Hughes
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Format: Paperback
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Christian America and the Kingdom of God by Hughes, Richard T.

Christian America and the Kingdom of God

$22.00
Christian America and the Kingdom of God by Hughes, Richard T.

Christian America and the Kingdom of God

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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The idea of the United States as a Christian nation is a powerful, seductive, and potentially destructive theme in American life, culture, and politics. And yet, as Richard T. Hughes reveals in this powerful book, the biblical vision of the "kingdom of God" stands at odds with the values and actions of an American empire that sanctions war instead of peace, promotes dominance and oppression instead of reconciliation, and exalts wealth and power instead of justice for the poor and needy. With extensive analysis of both Christian scripture and American history from the founding of the republic to the present day, Christian America and the Kingdom of God illuminates the devastating irony of a "Christian America" that so often behaves in unchristian ways.

Author: Richard T. Hughes
ISBN-10: 0252078896
ISBN-13: 9780252078897
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2012
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.60d
By Richard T. Hughes
By Richard T. Hughes
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Richard T. Hughes is Director of the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, and author or editor of more than a dozen books, including Myths America Lives By and How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind.

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