TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drury Shadia B. 
TI  - Terror and civilization : Christianity, politics and the Western psyche
SN  - 9781403964045
U1  - 261.7 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan, 
KW  -  History Political violence Religious aspects Christianity Political violence Religious aspects Christianity History Terreur Aspect religieux Christianisme Histoire Terror Religious aspects Christianity
N2  - Drury regards the political problems of the modern world to be thoroughly Biblical. In the politics of the 21st century, we find two equally arrogant and self-righteous civilizations confronting one another. Each is convinced that it is on the side of God, truth and justice, while its enemy is allied with Satan, wickedness, and barbarism. The language of diplomacy and compromise has been replaced by the language of jihad or the struggle against the cosmic forces of evil. Life is radicalized; and all choices are polarized. Politics properly understood is eclipsed. Drury urges us to transcend the Biblical view of the world. Instead, she argues in favor of a genuinely liberal, secular, and pluralistic understanding of politics

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