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Author : B. Violet James
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (599 download)
Download or read book American Protestant Missions and the Vietnam War written by B. Violet James and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah E. Ruble
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807837423
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Gospel of Freedom and Power written by Sarah E. Ruble and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 E. Ruble traces and 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. Bringing together a wide range of sources, Ruble seeks to understand how discussions about a relatively small group of Americans working abroad became part of a much larger cultural conversation. She concludes that whether viewed as champions of nationalist revolutions or propagators of the gospel of capitalism, missionaries--along with their supporters, interpreters, and critics--ultimately both challenged and reinforced a rhetoric of exceptionalism that made Americans the judges of what was good for the rest of the world.
Author : David A. Hollinger
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691192782
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Protestants Abroad written by David A. Hollinger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 1890s and the Vietnam era, many thousands of American Protestant missionaries were sent to live throughout the non-European world. They expected to change the people they encountered, but those foreign people ended up transforming the missionaries. Their experience abroad made many of these missionaries and their children critical of racism, imperialism, and religious orthodoxy. When they returned home, they brought new liberal values back to their own society. Protestants Abroad reveals the untold story of how these missionary-connected individuals left an enduring mark on American public life as writers, diplomats, academics, church officials, publishers, foundation executives, and social activists. --
Author : Sam James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929292663
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Servant on the Edge of History written by Sam James and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Servant on the Edge of History" describes the Vietnam War from a perspective seldom heard: from a missionary who loved the Vietnamese people, who refused to become an American spy, but who also loved his own country. James offers insights into where and how God was at work in this war-ravaged country, where his family risked all for the sake of the Gospel.
Author : George Bogaski
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739179977
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book American Protestants and the Debate over the Vietnam War written by George Bogaski and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As American soldiers fought overseas in Vietnam, American churchmen debated the legitimacy and impact of the war at home. While the justness of the war was the primary issue, they also argued over conscientious objection, the legitimacy of protests, the weapons of war, and other related topics. Divided into three primary groups—mainline, conservative evangelical, and African American—and including fourteen denominations, this book uses the churchmen’s publications and proceedings to better understand how American religion responded to and was impacted by the Vietnam War. In the various debates, churchmen brought their theological convictions and reading of the Bible to bear on their political perspectives. Convictions about sin, the nature of man, the fate of the world, violence and benevolence had direct impact upon the foreign policy perspectives of these churches. Rather than result in static political positions, these convictions adapted as the nature of the war and the likelihood of American success changed over time. The positions taken by American denominations brought about attitudes of support, opposition, and ambivalence toward the war, but also impacted the vibrancy of many churches. Some groups were rent asunder by the fractious, debilitating debate. Other churches, due to their greater ideological clarity and unanimity, saw the war provide an impetus for growth. Regardless of the individual consequences, the debate over the Vietnam War provides a concrete study of the intersection of religion and politics.
Author : Hans Krabbendam
Publisher : Leuven University Press
ISBN 13 : 9462702578
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (627 download)
Download or read book Saving the Overlooked Continent written by Hans Krabbendam and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How American Protestant missionaries created a new worldwide religious network Among a wide spectrum of American Protestants, the horrors of World War II triggered grave concern for Europe’s religious future. They promptly mobilised resources to revive Europe’s Christian foundation. Saving the Overlooked Continent reconstructs this surprising redirection of Western missions. For the first time, Europe became the recipient of America’s missionary enterprise. The American missionary impulse matched the military, economic, and political programs of the U.S., all of which positioned the United States to become Europe’s dominant partner and point of cultural reference. One result was the importation of the internal conflicts that vexed American Protestants – theological tensions between modernists and traditionalists, and organisational competition between established churches and independent parachurch associations. Europe was offered a new slate of options that sparked civic and ecclesiastical responses. But behind these contending religious networks lay a considerable overlap of goals and means based on a shared missionary trajectory. By the mid-1960s, most Protestant American agencies admitted that the expectation of a religious revival had been too optimistic despite their initiatives having led to an integration of Europe in the global evangelical network. The agencies reconsidered their assumptions and redefined their strategies. The initial opposition between inclusive and exclusive approaches abated, and the path opened to a sustained cooperation among once-fierce opponents.
Author : Reg Reimer
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0878084150
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Vietnam's Christians: written by Reg Reimer and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1975, Vietnam, united under communism, fell behind a bamboo curtain. Many feared the worst for churches there. But fifteen years later, churches, especially among Vietnam’s ethnic minority mountain peoples, suddenly exploded in number and vitality.
Author : KimSon Nguyen
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783687398
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Cultural Integration and the Gospel in Vietnamese Mission Theology written by KimSon Nguyen and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcolonial Vietnam has an urgent need for contextualized theology of mission, God, Christ, and the church that is rooted in indigenous cultural traditions and the dual Vietnamese spirit of resistance and assimilation. Dr KimSon Nguyen navigates the religio-cultural dimensions of Vietnamese spirituality and Daoism that have hindered the assimilation of the Christian faith in the Vietnamese context and explores a fresh approach to missiology in Vietnam. Dr Nguyen draws upon his deep knowledge of Vietnamese evangelical history to analyze contextualization and mission theology in Vietnam. He proposes an evangelical theology of God as Ðạo (way / 道), the centrality of the Vietnamese home as the “house of the Lord,” and ancestor veneration as a theological framework for an indigenous theology of the family. Narrowing the gap between culturally removed evangelical missionary practice and widespread syncretistic spirituality in Vietnam, Nguyen calls for a paradigm shift in Vietnamese mission theology that is both robustly evangelical and authentically Vietnamese.
Author : Christian G. Appy
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143128345
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book American Reckoning written by Christian G. Appy and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation? Christian G. Appy examines the war's realities and myths and its lasting impact on our national self-perception. Drawing on a vast variety of sources that range from movies, songs, and novels to official documents, media coverage, and contemporary commentary, Appy offers an original interpretation of the war and its far-reaching consequences for both our popular culture and our foreign policy.
Author : Charles Keith
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520272471
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Catholic Vietnam written by Charles Keith and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. Much like the revolutionary ideologies and struggles in the name of the Vietnamese nation the revolution in Vietnamese Catholic life polarized the place of the new Church in post-colonial Vietnamese politics and society.
Author : Axel R. Schäfer
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299293637
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)
Download or read book American Evangelicals and the 1960s written by Axel R. Schäfer and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s, the New Christian Right emerged as a formidable political force, boldly announcing itself as a unified movement representing the views of a "moral majority." But that movement did not spring fully formed from its predecessors. American Evangelicals and the 1960s refutes the thesis that evangelical politics were a purely inflammatory backlash against the cultural and political upheaval of the decade. Bringing together fresh research and innovative interpretations, this book demonstrates that evangelicals actually participated in broader American developments during "the long 1960s," that the evangelical constituency was more diverse than often noted, and that the notion of right-wing evangelical politics as a backlash was a later creation serving the interests of both Republican-conservative alliances and their critics. Evangelicalism's involvement with—rather than its reaction against—the main social movements, public policy initiatives, and cultural transformations of the 1960s proved significant in its 1970s political ascendance. Twelve essays that range thematically from the oil industry to prison ministry and from American counterculture to the Second Vatican Council depict modern evangelicalism both as a religious movement with its own internal dynamics and as one fully integrated into general American history.
Author : Coleman, Michael C.
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617034602
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Presbyterian Missionary Attitudes toward American Indians, 1837–1893 written by Coleman, Michael C. and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1985 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sam James
Publisher : Independently Published
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Servant on the Edge of History written by Sam James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes one man willing to stare death in the face to obey God's call to serve the Vietnamese? And what becomes of all the seeds planted among these fledging Christians as communist oppression advances. This the story of that one man and his family served Jesus among the Vietnamese as the country fell. Even during the Tet Offensive, Sam James shared Christ's love and peace in a hopeless situation.
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ISBN 13 : 9781601265098
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (65 download)
Download or read book A Vietnam Presence written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kiem-Kiok Kwa
Publisher : Langham Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839737379
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (397 download)
Download or read book Missions in Southeast Asia written by Kiem-Kiok Kwa and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the boundaries between cultures and religions blur in an increasingly globalized world, the church finds itself in need of new approaches to understanding and embracing otherness – both inside and outside of its established communities. Southeast Asia has long been one of the world’s most diverse regions, with over a hundred ethnicities represented and members of every major religion living as neighbors. In this rich and complex environment, the church has an equally rich and complex history, at times flourishing, at times floundering, but inexorably taking root. In this collection of essays, contributors from throughout the region reflect on the history and future of Christianity in Southeast Asia, providing an overview of missions in the region, and exploring how local churches are defining a uniquely Southeast Asian approach to interreligious engagement. Combining missiological research with contextual theology, this volume offers profound insight into the challenges accompanying missions in a multireligious environment. From ethnic and religious conflict resolution to navigating hybrid identities, this collection of essays makes an excellent contribution to global conversations surrounding the future of missions in a globalized world.
Author : United States. Armed Forces Information and Education Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book A Pocket Guide to Vietnam written by United States. Armed Forces Information and Education Division and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jill Gill
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501756966
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Embattled Ecumenism written by Jill Gill and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War and its polarizing era challenged, splintered, and changed The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), which was motivated by its ecumenical Christian vision to oppose that war and unify people. The NCC's efforts on the war exposed its strengths and imploded its weaknesses in ways instructive for religious institutions that bring their faith into politics. Embattled Ecumenism explores the ecumenical vision, anti-Vietnam War efforts, and legacy of the NCC. Gill's monumental study serves as a window into the mainline Protestant manner of engaging political issues at a unique time of national crisis and religious transformation. In vibrant prose, Gill illuminates an ecumenical institution, vision, and movement that has been largely misrepresented by the religious right, dismissed by the secular left, misunderstood by laity, and ignored by scholars outside of ecumenical circles. At a time when the majority of scholarly work is committed to looking at the religious right, Gill's groundbreaking study of the Protestant Left is a welcome addition. Embattled Ecumenism will appeal to scholars of U.S. religion, politics, and culture, as well as historians of evangelicalism and general readers interested in U.S. history and religion.
