Manifest Destiny and the Momentum of Empire: Making Sense of America’s Global War on Terrorism
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Greg Hamilton
- June 20, 2008
- 9/11
- Adventists Affirm
- Bernard Lewis
- Christiantity
- George Bush
- George W. Bush
- Great Awakening
- Henry Kissenger
- Holy Roman Empire
- Human Life
- Iraq
- Jihad
- Liberty Express
- manifest destiny
- Mohammed T. Al-Rashid
- Philip Jenkins
- Pope John Paul II
- Religion
- Samuel Huntington
- united nations
- War on Terror
- war on terrorism
By Gregory W. Hamilton Today there are two significant global movements that enjoy a symbiotic relationship. The first involves America’s accelerated role as the world’s propagator of democratic values, and as a matter of national and international security the world’s enforcer of those values. The second is the not-so-obvious rapid global expansion of Christianity, a […]
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