God of War

A lecture given on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 by Dr. Michael A. Sells, professor of religion at the University of Chicago on his forthcoming book, "The God of War: America in a World of Religion." Sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (NELC), the School for Environmental and Public Affairs (SPEA), and the Islamic Studies Program. Sells elucidates a vicious cycle that threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy: war fueling militant ideology, militancy turning