THE CONTEMPORARY U.S. TORTURE DEBATE IN CHRISTIAN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The U.S. turn toward torture tested the moral resources of all faiths, but perhaps especially of Christianity, which has the greatest number of adherents in the United States. This moral crucible revealed that American Christian scholars and leaders were generally blind to the resources available in...

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Main Author: Gushee, David P. 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 589-597
Further subjects:B Bush Administration
B Imago Dei
B Pacifism
B enhanced interrogation techniques
B Empire
B Inquisition
B Human Rights
B Torture
B Christianity
B Just War Theory
B Evangelicalism
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