The Origins of Christian Anti-Internationalism : Conservative Evangelicals and the League of Nations.

The roots of conservative Christian skepticism of international politics run deep. In this original work Markku Ruotsila artfully unearths the historical and theological origins of evangelical Christian thought on modern-day international organizations and U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the fi...

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Main Author: Ruotsila, Markku
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Georgetown University Press, 2007
Series:Religion & Politics
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Christian Anti-Internationalism; 1 The Social Gospel and Modern Internationalism; 2 Dispensationalists: Prefiguring the Latter Days; 3 Calvinists: Contesting the Public Means of Grace; 4 Lutherans: The Two Kingdoms and the Antichrist; 5 Methodists and Episcopalians: A Few Dissenting Voices; 6 Religion and the League of Nations Fight in the Senate; 7 Religion and the League for the Preservation of American Independence; 8 The Persistence of Christian Anti-Internationalism; Conclusion: Christian Anti-Internationalism in Historical Context; Notes.
  • BibliographyIndex.