TY - BOOK AU - Cobb, John B. AU - Falk, Richard A. AU - Keller, Catherine AU - Griffin, David Ray TI - The American Empire and the Commonwealth of God: : A Political, Economic, Religious Statement SN - 9780664230098 U1 - 261.87 COB 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Louisville, KY PB - : Westminster John Knox Press KW - Philosophy KW - Christianity And International Affairs KW - Christianity and Politics KW - Imperialism N2 - 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 ER -