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An Angel Directs the Storm - Apocalyptic Religion and American Empire (Paperback)
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An Angel Directs the Storm - Apocalyptic Religion and American Empire (Paperback)
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Few people in the UK really understand what it is that drives the
US Administration and the Bush Presidency. Michael Northcott is one
of those, and his expose of the evangelical fundamentalism and
neo-conservative ideology that underpins the Republican Party today
is masterly - and deeply disturbing. "An Angel Directs the Storm"
is an outstanding piece of scholarly insightful polemic from which
we all have a lot to learn." Jonathan Porritt "I would hope that
this book will be read widely in both Great Britain and America. It
shows with skill and perspicuity that the nature of the US reaction
to 9/11 had been long prefigured by the American subversion of
Christianity. It is] a mature, historically informed and passionate
analysis of the current American psyche, that tells Americans
thingsof which they urgently need to take heed." Stanley Hauerwas
"Northcott develops an incisive critique of American apocalyptic
religion and argues for an understanding of church as
counter-culture to empire. Those theologians willing to utilize
'just war' theory in support of imperial adventures like the first
and second Gulf War ought to consult Northcott here Perhaps one
should not talk of pleasure in reading a book so serious and so
disturbing but not the least of its merits is that Northcutt writes
beautifully and without the least trace of the barbaric jargon
which mars so much current theological writing. The book should be
read and attended to. Its importance, as Bush's second term gets
underway, will only grow and if we want to understand ourselves and
our world, we could have no better guide." Tim Gorringe Michael
Northcott is Reader in Christian Ethics at the University of
Edinburgh. He is author of The Environment and Christian Ethics,
(1996, CUP) and of Life After Debt: Christianity and Global Justice
(1999, SPCK).
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