Preface | p. xi |
The Muslim Enemy | p. 1 |
To Seek to Understand Rather Than to Be Understood | p. 6 |
"Double Vision" | |
Double Vision at Ground Zero | |
"You Are Doing the Very Same Things" | |
Looking for New Testament Christianity | p. 13 |
Restricted Vision | |
Listening to New Stories | |
The Early Church and the Jesus Story | p. 18 |
The Early Church | |
Calls for Renewal | |
The New Testament and the Politics of Jesus | p. 26 |
To Istanbul and Back | |
On the Meaning of Politics | |
A Thought Experiment: The New Testament as Political Manifesto | |
The Idolatry of the Nation-State | |
Why "Conservatives" Are "Liberals" in Sheep's Clothing | |
The Qur'an and the Politics of Muhammad | p. 37 |
Basics of the Muhammad Story | |
An Important Development: Retaliation Permitted | |
Two Different Stories | |
The Narrative Logic of the Muhammad Story and the Jesus Story | |
What the Difference Is Not | |
Historical Outcomes as Theological Vindication | |
On the Christian, the Old Testament, and War | p. 48 |
The Early Muslims and the Muhammad Story | p. 55 |
The Classical Position on War in Islam | |
But Is It Really? | |
What to Make of the Parallels? | |
The Constantine Story and the Christian Just War Tradition | p. 65 |
The Rise of Christian War-Making | |
The Logic and Criteria of the Just War Tradition | |
But Do We Care? | |
Crusading for Christ | p. 75 |
Why the Crusades Are Not as Historically Irrelevant as We Might Think | |
Who Defines the "Justice" for Which War Is Rightly Waged? | |
The Cowboy Museum | p. 82 |
Taking Stock | |
Our Christian Forebears upon the Eastern Shores | |
Our Christian Forebears beyond the Western Shores | |
The Western Tradition of Terror | p. 90 |
On Possibly (but Perhaps Necessarily) Belaboring a Point | |
The Birth of "Total War" | |
"Total War" and the "Good War" | |
Terrorism bin Laden Style | p. 97 |
On '"Moral Equivalency" | |
Bin Laden's "Moral Equivalency" | |
Bin Laden's Rationale for Targeting Civilians | |
Taking Stock | p. 103 |
Why "Religion" Is Not (Necessarily) the problem | p. 109 |
visiting Abraham's Burial place | |
The Myth of Religious Violence | |
America as Savior A Parable | |
The Oklahoma Bombing, and Why America Can Never Commit Terrorist Acts | p. 117 |
Back in Oklahoma City | |
The Fight for America | |
Christian Church as Chaplain to America | |
Making Exceptions for US | |
On the Sign of Jonah, and the "Clash of Civilizations" Thesis | p. 125 |
The Sign of Jonah Selective Discernment Shared Cultural Practices | |
On Muslim Hospitality | p. 132 |
Good Friday | p. 140 |
Taking Stock | |
The Qur'an's Rejection of a Crucified Jesus | |
Theodicy | |
Evil as Mundane | |
A True Story to Live By | |
The Arab Barbershop, Changing Neighborhoods, and Other Small Exercises in Courage | p. 148 |
Notes | p. 155 |
Index | p. 171 |
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