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The gospel of freedom & power : Protestant missionaries in American culture after World War II / Sarah E. Ruble.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruble, Sarah E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missions, American--History--20th century.
- Missions, American.
- Protestant churches--Missions--History--20th century.
- Protestant churches.
- United States--Foreign public opinion.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Other Title:
- Gospel of freedom and power
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the decades after World War II, Protestant missionaries abroad were a topic of vigorous public debate. From religious periodicals and Sunday sermons to novels and anthropological monographs, 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 traces and analyzes these public discussions about what it meant for Americans abroad to be good world citizens, placing t
- Contents:
- Protestant mainline
- Evangelicals
- Anthropology
- Gender.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-204) and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908855-7-9
- 979-88-9313-437-7
- 1-4696-0160-5
- 0-8078-3742-3
- OCLC:
- 811502671
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