- Empire: Is America the New Rome?

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Is America called by God to use its power to make things right in the world? Does the first-century struggle with empire have a parallel in the twenty-first century? Is empire imbedded in an American ideology? What is the connection between religion, violence, and terrorism? Is the global economic order a form of terrorism? How are class, race, and gender related to empire? This course fulfills the Power and Justice (P) GE requirement.