Struggling for the soul of our country : essays / Preston M. Browning Jr.

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Browning, Preston M. (Preston Mercer), 1929-

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TextPublication details: Eugene, OR : Wipf & Stock, an imprint of Wipf & Stock Publishers, �2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781498209953
1498209955

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Struggling for the soul of our country.DDC classification:

261.70973 23

LOC classification:

BR115.P7 B76 2016

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Contents:

American global hegemony vs. the quest for a new humanity -- American pathologies & the response of faith -- Why I am a Christian socialist -- A letter to my grandchildren -- Struggling for the soul of America -- Religionless Christianity in an age of spectacle -- American dystopia: Cold War, the CIA, and John F. Kennedy as sacrificial victim -- Climate change & our shared Earth -- The plague: money in politics -- Appendix 1: Israel's heartlessness: we see it in the treatment of Palestinians -- Appendix 2: Religion for the downtrodden and forgotten -- Appendix 3: Anger and hope.

Summary: Struggling for the Soul of Our Country is a book in search of answers: what does it mean to struggle for the soul of a country and how does the life of citizenship influence our common future? While discussing major cultural and political issues, Browning addresses the deeper questions haunting many of our citizens and reflects upon the spiritual dimension of the crises America faces today. With titles such as'American Global Hegemony vs. the Quest for a New Humanity, ''Why I Am a Christian Socialist, 'and'American Dystopia'these essays examine aspects of American political and cultural life in an effort to shed light on the pathologies that Browning claims undermine the health of the country's soul. This book invites the reader to examine the development of America as a militaristic empire, initiating multiple wars abroad, including a disastrous war in Iraq, and fostering at home a culture of violence that led to the assassination of an American president, John F. Kennedy, by agents of the US government.

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Struggling for the Soul of Our Country is a book in search of answers: what does it mean to struggle for the soul of a country and how does the life of citizenship influence our common future? While discussing major cultural and political issues, Browning addresses the deeper questions haunting many of our citizens and reflects upon the spiritual dimension of the crises America faces today. With titles such as'American Global Hegemony vs. the Quest for a New Humanity, ''Why I Am a Christian Socialist, 'and'American Dystopia'these essays examine aspects of American political and cultural life in an effort to shed light on the pathologies that Browning claims undermine the health of the country's soul. This book invites the reader to examine the development of America as a militaristic empire, initiating multiple wars abroad, including a disastrous war in Iraq, and fostering at home a culture of violence that led to the assassination of an American president, John F. Kennedy, by agents of the US government.

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