Locating God in All the Wrong Places: The Second Commandment and American Politics

While the second commandment can be broken by consciously rejecting God and worshiping a false god, it can also be unwittingly breached by locating God in a place and through images of our own choosing. Many faithful Christians today are breaking the second commandment by too closely identifying the...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duff, Nancy J. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Sage Publ. 2006
In: Interpretation
Year: 2006, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-193
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Description
Summary:While the second commandment can be broken by consciously rejecting God and worshiping a false god, it can also be unwittingly breached by locating God in a place and through images of our own choosing. Many faithful Christians today are breaking the second commandment by too closely identifying the purposes of God with the purposes of the nation.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096430606000205