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Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Great News from Abroad
To Bring the Good News to All Nations
Author: Lauren Frances TurekPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501748939
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
When American evangelicals flocked to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century to fulfill their Biblical mandate for global evangelism, their experiences abroad led them to engage more deeply in foreign policy activism at home. Lauren Frances Turek tracks these trends and illuminates the complex and significant ways in which religion shaped America's role in the late–Cold War world. In To Bring the Good News to All Nations, she examines the growth and influence of Christian foreign policy lobbying groups in the United States beginning in the 1970s, assesses the effectiveness of Christian efforts to attain foreign aid for favored regimes, and considers how those same groups promoted the imposition of economic and diplomatic sanctions on those nations that stifled evangelism. Using archival materials from both religious and government sources, To Bring the Good News to All Nations links the development of evangelical foreign policy lobbying to the overseas missionary agenda. Turek's case studies—Guatemala, South Africa, and the Soviet Union—reveal the extent of Christian influence on American foreign policy from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Evangelical policy work also reshaped the lives of Christians overseas and contributed to a reorientation of U.S. human rights policy. Efforts to promote global evangelism and support foreign brethren led activists to push Congress to grant aid to favored, yet repressive, regimes in countries such as Guatemala while imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions on nations that persecuted Christians, such as the Soviet Union. This advocacy shifted the definitions and priorities of U.S. human rights policies with lasting repercussions that can be traced into the twenty-first century.
Our Boston
Author: Moving On
Author: Michael FootPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178803869X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Old age is expensive - for the individual and the taxpayer. More expensive every year, as life expectancy rise and new drugs appear. Hetman, an ambitious Government Minister, has a 'new deal' to benefit the old and those who have to pay for them. Can he 'sell' the idea to Harry, a journalist who will then write favourably about it? How does the journalist test what is really at stake? Harry meets a supposed expert, Lise, in France. But who is she really and does she have her own agenda? How will the truth emerge and what happens when Harry finds it?
The Complete Concordance to Shakspeare
Author: Mary Cowden ClarkeAt Home and Abroad
Author: Charlotte Anne (Waldie) EatonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
News from Ethiopia
Author: The Foreign Relations of the United States
Author: Henry Raymond MusseyPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Church at Home and Abroad
Author: Henry Addison NelsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presbyterian Church
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
No Going Back - Buying Abroad
Author: Katy PownallPublisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0748108793
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Whether it is the idea of working for oneself, enjoying more sunshine or simply wishing to spend more time with one's family, millions of us dream about leaving our 9-5 jobs and moving abroad. This book will bring you closer to that reality. Packed with practical advice and inspiring stories from the families featured in the series, NO GOING BACK - BUYING ABROAD is your key to escaping the rat race. Drawing on the experience of the NO GOING BACK families, the book will explain what budget you will need to move to various countries, how to arrange mortgages and work permits, how to get your children in to schools and many other tips. Whether you wish to have an olive farm in Tuscany or a hotel in the Alps, this book will show you how.