Includes bibliographical references.

The new American empire : the likely consequences of the "Bush doctrine" / Robert N. Bellah -- On getting past the preamble : one reading of the strategy / Wes Avram -- Thoughts in the presence of fear / Wendell Berry -- Shock and awe : life in Mr. Rumsfeld's neighborhood / James Hudnut-Beumler -- Loving neighbors in a globalized world : U.S. Christians, Muslims, and the Mideast / David L. Johnston -- Selling America, restricting the church / Michael L. Budde -- Imperial exegesis : when Caesar interprets Scripture / Stephen B. Chapman -- The most intolerable of insults : remarks to Christian infidels in the American empire / Eugene McCarraher -- On the true globalism and the false, or Why Christians should not worry so much about American imperialism / Stephen H. Webb -- International justice as equal regard and the use of force / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Who are we? : being Christian in an age of Americanism / Allen R. Hilton -- Pastors, prophets, and patriotism : leading pastorally during these times / Arthur Paul Boers -- Empire's sleepy embrace : the view from the pew / Lillian Daniel -- Appendix: The national security strategy of the United States of America (September 17, 2002).