Devil You Know : The Surprising Link Between Conservative Christianity and Cr...

Description: Devil You Know : The Surprising Link Between Conservative Christianity and Crime, Hardcover by Sparks, Elicka Peterson, ISBN 1633881504, ISBN-13 9781633881501, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Sparks presents this treatise on the unsettling and often surprising link between the religious right of the US and their quasi-Christian-nationalist tendencies, and criminal violence. The perspective is located at the end of President Obama's second term, and the first chapter is spent identifying where and when the religious right has recently gained its momentum. Sparks addresses the question of to what degree the US is a Christian nation by reference both to its current demographics and to its founding principles. She then outlines a definition of Christian nationalism and provides theoretical reasoning as well as some suggestive evidence for why it would incline adherents to more violence. She makes her full argument in more general terms that suggest all fundamentalist religion would have a similar effect, then turns back to the Bible in particular for specific passages that could seem to endorse specific types of violence. The final chapter engages in a combination of observation and speculation about how religion has and will affect public life in the US, leaving some questions appropriately open and concluding with a list of ten suggestions to combat religious violence. Th includes approximately fifty pages of notes and an even more extensive bibliography. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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