Machine generated contents note: ch. One When Did Christians Get So Mean (Again)? -- ch. Two Jesus Loves You, but We're His Favorites -- Is the United States a Christian Nation? -- Historical Arguments -- Cultural Arguments -- Statistical Arguments -- The Continuing Influence of Christianity in the United States: The Example of Nonbelievers -- ch. Three Why Pick on Christian Nationalists -- A Cultural Movement -- Attributes of the Belief System -- Criminogenic Features of These Attributes -- ch. Four A Theory of Violent Religiosity -- The Big Three: Criminogenic Aspects of Christian Nationalism -- A Theology and Culture of Violence -- The Psychology of the Fear of Death -- Providing Support for Criminogenic Strategies in the Criminal Justice System -- Predicting Violence Related to Christian Nationalism -- Comparisons to a Few Competing Explanations -- Some Final Thoughts and Suggestions for Researchers -- ch. Five The Bible, Cafeteria Style -- The War on Sin -- Lethal Violence in the Bible -- Women as Wicked and Subhuman -- God Hates Homosexuals -- Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child -- ch. Six The Lion or the Lamb -- The Future of Crime and Justice in America -- From Theory to Research to Improvement -- Freedom from Religious Tyranny -- The Ten Commandments in Action -- What Would Jesus Really Do? -- Ten Suggestions for Combating Religious Violence in the United States
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