Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and DiplomacyA first major work of history on a crucial but under-examined topic, Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith explores the role of religion in American foreign policy. From the first colonists to the presidents of the 21st Century, Andrew Preston's unparalleled study show us how religion has always shaped America's relationships with other nations, and what to expect in the future. During the presidency of George W. Bush, many Americans and others around the world viewed the entrance of religion into foreign policy discourse, especially with regard to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as a "new" development. But despite the official division between church and state, the presence of religion in American foreign policy has been a constant since before the Founding Fathers. Yet aside from leaders known to be personally religious, such as Bush, Jimmy Carter and Woodrow Wilson, few realize how central faith has always been to American governance and diplomacy--and indeed to the idea of America itself. In Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith, Andrew Preston starts at the beginning, and with revelatory findings, shows us how and why. |
Contents
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In the Beginning | 1615 |
God Is an Excellent Man of | 1628 |
Wars of Permanent Reformation | 1641 |
The American Revelation | 2 |
Liberation Theology | 1786 |
Imperial Destinies | 1798 |
The Benevolent Empire at Home and Abroad | 1812 |
Princes of Peace and Prophets of Realism | 1937 |
The Simple Faith of Franklin Roosevelt | 1925 |
The Holocaust and the Moral Meaning of the | 1935 |
Spiritual Diplomacy | 1942 |
The Church Unmilitant | 1948 |
John Foster Dulles and the Quest for a Just and Durable | 5 |
The Cold War and the Fourth Crusade | 3 |
High Priests of the Cold War Eisenhower and the Second | 1945 |
Manifest Destiny and Its Discontents | 1823 |
Americas Mission | 1847 |
Missionaries and the Imperialism of Human Rights | 1862 |
An Also Chosen People | 1882 |
Cuba the Philippines and the First Crusade | 1889 |
Woodrow Wilson and the Second Crusade | 1910 |
Onward Christian Soldiers | 1919 |
The Wilsonian Creed | 1919 |
Franklin Roosevelt and the Third Crusade | 1932 |
The Great Schism and the Myth of Consensus | 1946 |
Reformation and Counterreformation | 1949 |
The Valley of the Shadow of Death | 1958 |
Get Thee Behind Me Satan | 1962 |
A JudeoChristian Foreign Policy | 1969 |
Ronald the Lionheart | 1979 |
The Last Crusade? | |
About the Author | |
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