The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God: A Political, Economic, Religious Statement

David Ray Griffin; John B. Cobb; Richard A. Falk; Catherine Keller

ISBN 10: 0664230091 / ISBN 13: 9780664230098

Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 2006

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• Title: The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God: A Political, Economic, Religious Statement
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0664230091
• ISBN 13: 9780664230098
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this book, four distinguished scholars level a powerful critique of the rapid expansion of the emerging American empire and its oppressive and destructive political, military, and economic policies. Arguing that a global Pax Americana is internationally disastrous, the authors demonstrate how America's imperialism inevitably leads to rampant irreversible ecological devastation, expanding military force for imperialistic purposes, and a grossly inequitable distribution of goods--all leading to the diminished well-being of human communities.

About the Authors

David Ray Griffin is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Theology at Claremont School of Theology, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, and Co-Founder of the Center for Process Studies. He is the author of Two Great Truths: A New Synthesis of Scientific Naturalism and Christian Faith, and coauthor, with John B. Cobb Jr., of Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition. Author of numerous books in philosophy of religion, he has also published two popular books on the World Trade Center attacks: The New Pearl Harbor: Distubing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions.

John B. Cobb Jr. has held many positions including Ingraham Professor of Theology at the Claremont School of Theology, Avery Professor at the Claremont Graduate School, Fullbright Professor at the University of Mainz, and Visiting Professor at Vanderbilt, Harvard, and Chicago Divinity Schools. His writings include Christ in a Pluralistic Age: God and the World; and, with coauthor Herman Daly, For the Common Good, which was cowinner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

Richard A. Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. His books include The Great Terror War, Religion and Human Global Governance, and Human Rights Horizons. Falk is an Honorary Member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of Internation Law and a Member of the Editorial Board of The Nation and The Progressive.