Swords & plowshares : American evangelicals on war, 1937-1973 /
Padgett, Timothy D.,
Swords & plowshares : American evangelicals on war, 1937-1973 / Swords and plowshares Timothy D. Padgett - Bellingham, WA : Lexham, [2018] - xiv, 426 pages ; 23 cm - Studies in historical and systematic theology series . - Studies in historical and systematic theology series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-421) and indexes.
Introduction -- Prelude to War, 1937-1941 -- The Conflagration, 1942-1945 -- Plowshares into Swords, 1946-1949 -- Turning East -- 1950-1953 -- A Tense Peace, 1954-1958 -- Battles Near and Far, 1959-1963 -- Almost Armageddon, 1964-1968 -- The End of War, 1969-1973 -- Conclusions
Evangelicals are warmongering nationalists--right? Many assume that evangelicals have always shared the ideology and approach of the Moral Majority. But the truth is much more complex. Historically, evangelical rank and file have not held to one position about war; instead, they are strewn across the spectrum from love of peace to glorying in war. In Swords and Plowshares, Timothy Padgett complicates our common perceptions of evangelical attitudes towards war and peace. Evangelical leaders regularly wrote about the temporal and eternal implications of war from World War II to the Vietnam War. Padgett allows us to see firsthand how these evangelicals actually spoke about war and love of country. Instead of blind ideologues we meet concerned people of conviction struggling to reconcile the demands of a world in turmoil with the rule of the Prince of peace.
9781683591061 1683591062
2020275362
GBB8L0037 bnb
019123891 Uk
1900-1999
Evangelicalism--History.
War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Evangelicalism.
United States--Church history--20th century.
United States.
Church history.
History.
Swords & plowshares : American evangelicals on war, 1937-1973 / Swords and plowshares Timothy D. Padgett - Bellingham, WA : Lexham, [2018] - xiv, 426 pages ; 23 cm - Studies in historical and systematic theology series . - Studies in historical and systematic theology series .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-421) and indexes.
Introduction -- Prelude to War, 1937-1941 -- The Conflagration, 1942-1945 -- Plowshares into Swords, 1946-1949 -- Turning East -- 1950-1953 -- A Tense Peace, 1954-1958 -- Battles Near and Far, 1959-1963 -- Almost Armageddon, 1964-1968 -- The End of War, 1969-1973 -- Conclusions
Evangelicals are warmongering nationalists--right? Many assume that evangelicals have always shared the ideology and approach of the Moral Majority. But the truth is much more complex. Historically, evangelical rank and file have not held to one position about war; instead, they are strewn across the spectrum from love of peace to glorying in war. In Swords and Plowshares, Timothy Padgett complicates our common perceptions of evangelical attitudes towards war and peace. Evangelical leaders regularly wrote about the temporal and eternal implications of war from World War II to the Vietnam War. Padgett allows us to see firsthand how these evangelicals actually spoke about war and love of country. Instead of blind ideologues we meet concerned people of conviction struggling to reconcile the demands of a world in turmoil with the rule of the Prince of peace.
9781683591061 1683591062
2020275362
GBB8L0037 bnb
019123891 Uk
1900-1999
Evangelicalism--History.
War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
War--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Evangelicalism.
United States--Church history--20th century.
United States.
Church history.
History.
