The gospel of freedom & power [electronic resource] : Protestant missionaries in American culture after World War II / Sarah E. Ruble.

By:

Ruble, Sarah E

Publication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 214 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781469601601
1469601605
9780807837429
0807837423

Other title:

Gospel of freedom and power

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

266.02373009045

LOC classification:

BV2410 .R83 2012

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Contents:

Protestant mainline -- Evangelicals -- Anthropology -- Gender.

Summary: In the decades after World War II, Protestant missionaries abroad were a topic of vigorous public debate. Public conversations about missionaries followed a powerful yet paradoxical line of reasoning, namely that people abroad needed greater autonomy from U.S. power and that Americans could best tell others how to use their freedom. In The Gospel of Freedom and Power, Sarah Ruble analyzes these public discussions about what it meant for Americans abroad to be good world citizens, placing them firmly in the context of the United States' postwar global dominance.

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In the decades after World War II, Protestant missionaries abroad were a topic of vigorous public debate. Public conversations about missionaries followed a powerful yet paradoxical line of reasoning, namely that people abroad needed greater autonomy from U.S. power and that Americans could best tell others how to use their freedom. In The Gospel of Freedom and Power, Sarah Ruble analyzes these public discussions about what it meant for Americans abroad to be good world citizens, placing them firmly in the context of the United States' postwar global dominance.