01302nam a2200217Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200190007610000190009524501750011426000580028930000140034752005530036165000150091465000430092965000300097265000160100270000210101870000220103970000230106120261005153602.0260603s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9780664230098  223a261.87 COB  aCobb, John B.  4aThe American Empire and the Commonwealth of Godb: A Political, Economic, Religious Statementc/ John B. Cobb Jr. ;  Richard A. Falk ; Catherine Keller ;David Ray Griffin  aLouisville, KYb: Westminster John Knox Pressc, 2006  a184 pages  aIn 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.  aPhilosophy  aChristianity And International Affairs  aChristianity and Politics  aImperialism  aFalk, Richard A.  aKeller, Catherine  aGriffin, David Ray