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Global faith, worldly power : Evangelical internationalism and U.S. empire /

"Assessing the grand American Evangelical missionary venture to convert the world, this international group of leading scholars reveals how theological imperatives have intersected with worldly imaginaries from the nineteenth century to the present. Countering the stubborn notion that conservat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Corrigan, John, 1952- (Editor ), McAlister, Melani, 1962- (Editor ), Schäfer, Axel R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Assessing the grand American Evangelical missionary venture to convert the world, this international group of leading scholars reveals how theological imperatives have intersected with worldly imaginaries from the nineteenth century to the present. Countering the stubborn notion that conservative Protestant groups have steadfastly maintained their distance from governmental and economic affairs, these experts show how believers' ambitious investments in missionizing and humanitarianism have connected with worldly matters of empire, the Cold War, foreign policy, and neoliberalism"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469670614
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9781469670607
1469670607