Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction: A Moment of Profound Choice 1
The Gates of Hell: Undoing Creation
The Earth as Primary Revelation 11
Deforestation Is Hell: Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Destruction 22
The Heat Is On: Our Changing Atmosphere 30
A Toxic Future? The Environment and Human Health 37
Engineering the Future: Techno-Utopia or Techno-Hell? 45
Race to the Bottom: Facing the Abyss 56
The Infernal Whirlwind: Violence, Terror, and War 73
Corporate Globalization: The System is Designed for the Results It Is Being
The Powers of This World 83
A Modern Parable: The Beast of Corporate Globalization 100
Economic Insanity: An Overview of the Global Economy 106
Of, By, and For the Corporations: A System of Corporate Rule 130
The Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank, and WTO 147
No More Mr. Nice Guy: The Corporate Security State 165
The Iron Fist: Enforcing Corporate Globalization 173
Shaking the Gates of Hell Faith-Led Resistance
The Triumph of God over the Powers 191
A Better World Is Possible: The Movement for Global Justice 215
Faith-Led Resistance as a Way of Life 228
Conclusion: Bythe Power at Work within Us 246
Notes 253
Index 279