An Angel Directs The Storm: Apocalyptic Religion And American Empire

Michael Northcott9781850434788, 1-85043-478-6

This passionately argued book provides the first in-depth investigation of the religious politics of current American neo-conservatism. It shows that behind the neo-imperialism of the White House and George W. Bush lies an apocalyptic vision of the United States’s sacred destiny “at the end of history”, a vision that is shared by millions of Americans. The authors trace the roots of American apocalyptic to Puritan Millennialism and contemporary fundamentalist readings of the Book of Revelation. They suggest that Americans urgently need to recover a critique of Empire of the kind espoused by the founder of Christianity – or else risk becoming idolaters of a new Holy Roman Empire that leads others into servitude.

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Table of contents :
EEn……Page 1
An Angel Directs The Storm – Apocalyptic Religion & American Empire……Page 2
Copyright Info……Page 5
Dedication……Page 6
TOC……Page 7
Acknowledgements……Page 8
Introduction……Page 9
1 – American Apocalypse……Page 22
2 – The Fading of the Dream……Page 52
3 – The Unveiling of Empire……Page 81
4 – The ‘War on Terror’ and the True Apocalypse……Page 111
5 – The Warrior Ethos and the Politics of Jesus……Page 142
Epilogue……Page 185
Notes……Page 188
Index……Page 205