Peripheral visions
American mainline Protestants and the global Cold War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12695347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Preston (0000-0003-3381-4839, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-130 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cold War History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2745 • E-ISSN: 1743-7962 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14682745.2012.707648 |
| OpenAlex | W1480706949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay challenges the underlying assumption that American religion in the Cold War was nationalistic, militant, and blindly obsessed with anti-communism. Instead, it draws attention to liberal mainline Protestants who, from their experience in the ecumenical and missionary movements, called for decolonisation, nuclear and conventional disarmament, and unconditional dialogue with the Soviets and recognition of China; they were also concerned with racism, poverty, and disease. In the late 1940s and into the 1950s, these religious Americans not only represented the first serious challenge to containment from within, they also anticipated the global nature of the Cold War and the dominant transnational concerns of the post-1960 international system
Cold war · Communism · Containment (computer programming · Decolonization · Disarmament · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · Theology · Vision · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |