The “Crusade” Against Evil
Bush's Fundamentalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20596296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Maddox (University of New England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 398-411 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Politics & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-9522 • E-ISSN: 1467-8497 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-8497.00294 |
| OpenAlex | W2070595366 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This paper deals with some of the religious elements in the responses to the terrorist attacks. It criticises some initial Christian responses (in America) as well as George Bush (Jnr)'s self‐asserted Christian credentials. The conjunction between business‐friendly forms of religion and the religious cloak over a right‐wing political stance is presented as an aspect of Bush's “crusade”. The paper surveys the history of the constitutional separation of church and state and the emergence of a republican tradition which had pretensions to displace the “moral haughtiness” and insolence of American religiosity. But the “faith‐based” legislation favoured by Bush has prevailed in the general judgementalism of the administration and in the “security measures” and pro‐corporate legislation enacted in 2001 and 2002
Administration (probate law) · Faith · Fundamentalism · George (robot) · Legislation · Political science · Politics · Religiosity · Separation of church and state · Sociology · State (computer science) · Terrorism · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2023 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |