25. Impossible Dreams

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition xi
4. Introduction: 9/11 in Parallax Vision
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Why the Bush Blunders? 7
7. 2. Why the Imperial Overstretch? 17
8. 3. Why the American Heresies? 25
9. Washington’s World: The Civil Church Expectant
10. Introduction 33
11. 4. A Divine- Right Republic in the Family of Nations 39
12. 5. Washington’s Farewell Address 46
13. 6. Thomas Jefferson and the Utopian Temptation 53
14. 7. John Quincy Adams and the Problem of Neighborhood 60
15. 8. Manifest Destiny 71
16. 9. European Revolutions and American Civil War 80
17. 10. The Gilded Age: Last Years of Orthodoxy 90
18. Wilson’s World: The Civil Church Militant
19. Introduction 101
20. 11. ¡Cuba Libre! 107
21. 12. The Progressive Social Gospel 117
22. 13. Benevolent Assimilation 125
23. 14. Twentieth- Century Trends 130
24. 15. Wilson’s War 141
25. 16. Wilson’s Peace 154
26. Roosevelt’s World: The Civil Church Agonistes
27. Introduction 167
28. 17. Modern Explosions 173
29. 18. The Progressive Republican Denouement 182
30. 19. Roosevelt the Isolationist 191
31. 20. Roosevelt the Interventionist 200
32. 21. World War II: The Great Masquerade 212
33. 22. Roosevelt the Failed High Priest 224
34. Kennedy’s World: The Civil Church Triumphant
35. Introduction 237
36. 23. The Cradles of Cold War Theology 245
37. 24. High Priestly Prayers 259
38. 25. Impossible Dreams 274
39. 26. Age of Aquarius 291
40. 27. A Purgatory in Time 305
41. 28. The Power of Words 321
42. Obama’s World? The Global Civil Religion Aborts 339
43. Bibliographical Essay 359
44. Acknowledgments 381
45. Index 383