Lauren Frances Turek
Biographic Data
| ID | 4248016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lauren Frances Turek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lauren Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Turek |
| SIGNATURE | TUREK L F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trinity University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9051-6865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Many Apostles of the Religious Turn in U.S. Foreign Relations History
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Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism
The Rotary Club emblem, with its immediately recognizable iconography of a yellow and blue wheel with six inner spokes, twenty-four exterior cogs, and “Rotary International” emblazoned within, is present on signs that dot American roadways in large cities and small towns alike. These signs are so quotidian a sight that, aside from Rotary members themselves and perhaps their families, most passing motorists likely give little thought to the work o…
Thunder from the Right
Book Review| January 01 2020 Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics Matthew L. Harris, ed. Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2019. Lauren F. Turek Lauren F. Turek Reviewed by Lauren Turek is an assistant professor of history at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, where she teaches courses on modern United States history, US foreign relations, an…
Rethinking Christian Nationalism
Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God or for America? Christian Nationalism, the Christian Right, and the Contra War
This essay uses the concept of Christian nationalism to explore the religious dynamics of the Contra war and U.S.-Nicaraguan relations during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Religious organizations and individuals played crucial roles on both sides in the war in Nicaragua and in the debates in the United States over support for the Contras. Evangelistic work strengthened transnational ties between Christians, but also raised the stakes of the war; su…
To Support a “Brother in Christ”
After Ríos Montt, an evangelical Christian, seized power in Guatemala in a 1982 military coup, U.S. evangelical missionaries and parachurch organizations supported his regime through public outreach, fundraising, and congressional lobbying. Despite mounting evidence that Ríos Montt’s campaign against Guatemala’s “communist insurgency” involved the mass killing of indigenous Mayans, conservative evangelical groups in the United States argued that …
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To Support a “Brother in Christ”
After Ríos Montt, an evangelical Christian, seized power in Guatemala in a 1982 military coup, U.S. evangelical missionaries and parachurch organizations supported his regime through public outreach, fundraising, and congressional lobbying. Despite mounting evidence that Ríos Montt’s campaign against Guatemala’s “communist insurgency” involved the mass killing of indigenous Mayans, conservative evangelical groups in the United States argued that …
Ambassadors for the Kingdom of God or for America? Christian Nationalism, the Christian Right, and the Contra War
This essay uses the concept of Christian nationalism to explore the religious dynamics of the Contra war and U.S.-Nicaraguan relations during Ronald Reagan's presidency. Religious organizations and individuals played crucial roles on both sides in the war in Nicaragua and in the debates in the United States over support for the Contras. Evangelistic work strengthened transnational ties between Christians, but also raised the stakes of the war; su…
Rethinking Christian Nationalism
Thunder from the Right
Book Review| January 01 2020 Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics Matthew L. Harris, ed. Thunder from the Right: Ezra Taft Benson in Mormonism and Politics. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2019. Lauren F. Turek Lauren F. Turek Reviewed by Lauren Turek is an assistant professor of history at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, where she teaches courses on modern United States history, US foreign relations, an…
Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism
The Rotary Club emblem, with its immediately recognizable iconography of a yellow and blue wheel with six inner spokes, twenty-four exterior cogs, and “Rotary International” emblazoned within, is present on signs that dot American roadways in large cities and small towns alike. These signs are so quotidian a sight that, aside from Rotary members themselves and perhaps their families, most passing motorists likely give little thought to the work o…
The Many Apostles of the Religious Turn in U.S. Foreign Relations History
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