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1 online resource |
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics |
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Religious Ambivalence and the United States of America; What Do We Know?; Weberian Conceptual Tools; Why Did We Go to War in Iraq?; Methods; Plan of the Book; Notes; References; 2. Making 9/11 Sacred: Interpreting Threats to America; 9/11 as Discursive Context for Understanding the Debate over Iraq; America at the Turn of the Third Millennium; Encoding and Narrating Erstwhile Chaos: the War on Terror; Dominant Yet Contested |
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The War on Terror Seeks New Targets: the Turn toward IraqConclusion; Notes; References; 3. The Battle is Joined: Religious Advocacy on Iraq; The Nature of the Debate; Direct Discussions with the Presidential Administration; Lobbying; Public Sphere Debate; Joint Public Letters in the Fall of 2002; Individual Statements from Religious Advocates; The Debate in the Media; Religious Voices in War Advertisements; Protest Mobilization; American Religion Goes International; The Religious Leadersâ#x80;#x99; Plan; Going to Rome and Beseeching the Pope; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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4. Different Gospels: Religious Difference in AmericaReligious Identity vis-Ã-vis the Nation and State; Substantive Terms of the Debate; Alternatives to War: Nonviolence and/or Pacifism; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. The Difference?: Knowing Victims; Discovering the Importance of the Biographical; War Opponents: Direct Encounters with Others; War Proponents: Mediated Contact with Others; Caveats; Implications; Proponents and Representation of Victims; Opponentsâ#x80;#x99; Representation of Iraqis; Representation and Narration; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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6. Conclusion: Religion and Public Support for the War and Consequences for Our UnderstandingReligion and Public Support for the War; The Relation between Elite and Popular Support?; Consequences for Our Understanding; Notes; References; Index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 20, 2018) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Religion and politics -- United States
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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Ethics
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Religion and politics
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Iraq
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United States
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315186160 |
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1315186160 |
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9781351736275 |
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1351736272 |
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9781351736282 |
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1351736280 |
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9781351736268 |
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1351736264 |
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