The Rise of the Moral Empire: Christianism, Terrorism, and the Rhetoric of Power in the Post-9/11

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The Rise of the Moral Empire Christianism,
Terrorism, and the Rhetoric of Power in the
Post-9/11 Anti Campaigns

• Dr. Donna M. Souder Kevin Van WinkleColorado
  State University- Pueblo PCA/ACA Conference /
  St. Louis, MO.
• 2 April 2010

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1821 US Foreign Policy

• she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to
  destroy.

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2003 US Foreign Policy

• We dont do empire.

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The Missionary Impulse
then hear from heaven so that all the peoples
of the earth may know your name and fear you
--2 Chronicles 633
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• if it walks like an empire, if it quacks like
  an empire, then it probably is.

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Enduring Freedom Morality
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• When fascism comes to America, it will be
  wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross
• Sinclair Lewis (c.1835)

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Fear Transcends Partisan Politics

• Youre either with us, or youre with the
  terrorists.

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Christianism

• The distinction between Christian and
  Christianist echoes the distinction we make
  between Muslim and Islamist. Islamists are those
  who want to wield Islam as a political force and
  conflate state and mosque.
• Andrew Sullivan

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Disparate Ideologies?
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The Siebel Foundation
Noted Christianst, Tom Siebel, famously
introduced Sarah Palin at one of her fundraising
events during the 2008 Presidential election
Oct. 5, 2008, San Mateo, California.
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The Montana Meth Project
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Not Even Once

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPWsqBIN6VD0

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