TY - BOOK AU - Ruble,Sarah E. TI - The gospel of freedom & power: Protestant missionaries in American culture after World War II SN - 9781469601601 AV - BV2410 .R83 2012 U1 - 266.02373009045 PY - 2012/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Missions, American KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Protestant churches KW - Missions KW - United States KW - Foreign public opinion KW - Foreign relations KW - Public opinion KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Ministry KW - bisacsh KW - International relations KW - fast KW - RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-204) and index; Protestant mainline -- Evangelicals -- Anthropology -- Gender N2 - 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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1014767 UR - http://librarytitles.ebrary.com/id/10753756 UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807837429_Ruble UR - http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781469601601/ UR - http://www.aucegypt.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1014767 UR - http://libguides.aucegypt.edu/content.php?pid=376187&sid=3081542 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=464062 ER -