Civil Religion and the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive War: Revisiting the Civil Religion Hypothesis During the War on Terror

Scholars have struggled to offer a concise definition of "American civil religion" (ACR). This article proposes a narrow definition in order to test whether civil religious views can be associated with opinions on a specific foreign policy: preemptive strikes during the War on Terror. Draw...

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Main Author: Weinstein, Aaron Q. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2016
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2016, Volume: 18
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