What the Torture Debate Reveals about American Evangelical Christianity

THE DISCOVERY OF DETAINEE ABUSE AT ABU GHRAIB IN 2004 FOLLOWED by the gradual disclosure or release of government documents signaling that decisive policy shifts by the U.S. government led directly to such abuses contributed to a dispiriting national debate about the morality of torture—a debate tha...

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Main Author: Gushee, David P. 1962- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2010
In: Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-97
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