TY - BOOK ID - 135994745 TI - From jeremiad to jihad AU - Carlson, John D AU - Ebel, Jonathan H PY - 2012 SN - 1280491930 9786613587169 0520951530 9780520951532 9781280491931 9780520271654 0520271653 9780520271661 0520271661 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - United States - Religion. KW - United States -- Religion. KW - Violence - Religious aspects. KW - Violence -- Religious aspects. KW - Violence - United States. KW - Violence -- United States. KW - Violence KW - Religious aspects KW - United States KW - Religion. KW - america. KW - american culture. KW - american experience. KW - american history. KW - christianity. KW - cultural history. KW - formative moments. KW - jeremiad. KW - jihad. KW - law enforcement. KW - modern history. KW - order and meaning. KW - political history. KW - religion and culture. KW - religious historians. KW - religious history. KW - religious identities. KW - religious institutions. KW - religious rituals. KW - religious texts. KW - religious violence. KW - revolution. KW - secession. KW - terrorism. KW - united states. KW - violent history. KW - war. KW - Religious aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135994745 AB - Violence has been a central feature of America's history, culture, and place in the world. It has taken many forms: from state-sponsored uses of force such as war or law enforcement, to revolution, secession, terrorism and other actions with important political and cultural implications. Religion also holds a crucial place in the American experience of violence, particularly for those who have found order and meaning in their worlds through religious texts, symbols, rituals, and ideas. Yet too often the religious dimensions of violence, especially in the American context, are ignored or overstated-in either case, poorly understood. From Jeremiad to Jihad: Religion, Violence, and America corrects these misunderstandings. Charting and interpreting the tendrils of religion and violence, this book reveals how formative moments of their intersection in American history have influenced the ideas, institutions, and identities associated with the United States. Religion and violence provide crucial yet underutilized lenses for seeing America anew-including its outlook on, and relation to, the world. ER -