America, Amerikkka : elect nation and imperial violence - Ruether, Rosemary Radford (London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-282) and indexes.
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Keywords: Manifest Destiny; Imperialism -- History; Political messianism -- United States -- History; Religion and politics -- United States -- History; National characteristics, American; Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Protest movements -- United States -- History; United States -- Foreign relations; United States -- Territorial expansion; United States -- Politics and government; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects; Electronic books