American Crusade

American Crusade
Author: Benjamin J. Wetzel
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1501763954

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When is a war a holy crusade? And when does theology cause Christians to condemn violence? In American Crusade, Benjamin Wetzel argues that the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I shared a cultural meaning for white Protestant ministers in the United States, who considered each conflict to be a modern-day crusade. American Crusade examines the "holy war" mentality prevalent between 1860 and 1920, juxtaposing mainline Protestant support for these wars with more hesitant religious voices: Catholics, German-speaking Lutherans, and African American Methodists. The specific theologies and social locations of these more marginal denominations made their ministries highly critical of the crusading mentality. Religious understandings of the nation, both in support of and opposed to armed conflict, played a major role in such ideological contestation. Wetzel's book questions traditional periodizations and suggests that these three wars should be understood as a unit. Grappling with the views of America's religious leaders, supplemented by those of ordinary people, American Crusade provides a fresh way of understanding the three major American wars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

American Crusade

American Crusade
Author: Andrew L Seidel
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1454948574

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Is a fight against equality and for privilege a fight for religious supremacy? Andrew L. Seidel, a constitutional attorney and author of the critically acclaimed book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American, dives into the debate on religious liberty, the modern attempt to weaponize religious freedom, and the Supreme Court's role in that “crusade.” Seidel examines some of the key Supreme Court cases of the last thirty years—including Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (a bakery that refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple), Trump v. Hawaii (the anti-Muslim travel ban case), American Legion v. American Humanist Association (related to a group maintaining a 40-foot Christian cross on government-owned land), and Tandon v. Newsom (a Santa Clara Bible group exempted from Covid health restrictions), as well as the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade—and how a hallowed legal protection, freedom of religion, has been turned into a tool to advance privilege and impose religion on others. This is a meticulously researched and deeply insightful account of our political landscape with a foreword provided by noted constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, author of The Case Against the Supreme Court. The issue of church versus state is more relevant than ever in today’s political climate and with the conservative majority status of the current Supreme Court. This book is a standout on the shelf for fans of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris. Readers looking for critiques of the rise of Christian nationalism, like Jesus and John Wayne, and examinations like How Democracies Die will devour Seidel's analysis. Hardcover with dust jacket; 320 pages; 9 in H by 6 in W.

Germanism and the American Crusade

Germanism and the American Crusade
Author: George Davis Herron
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1918
Genre: World War, 1914-1918
ISBN:

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The American Crusade

The American Crusade
Author: Edwin Markham
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1927
Genre: United States
ISBN:

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The American Crusade I

The American Crusade I
Author: Edwin Markham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781258339951

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American Crusade

American Crusade
Author: David J. Endres
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-08-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608990710

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Perhaps no era in Christian history since the time of the apostles presented a greater challenge to the spread of faith than the twentieth century. The First World War in particular resulted in nearly disastrous losses for the world mission movement. Christian countries were engaged in fratricidal conflict, missionaries were forced to return to their homelands, and traditional sources of mission funding dried up.In response to the missions crisis, American Catholic youth devoted themselves to a program of "prayer, study, and sacrifice"--the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. Beginning with less than fifty members, the movement grew to over one million youth, and worked to foster support for missionaries in the field, promote missionary vocations, and educate youth about the needs of the church throughout the world. In the course of their "crusade," the movement's youth were exposed the complexities and challenges of diverse religious, political, and cultural worlds, including illiteracy in rural America, communism in China and Eastern Europe, and famine and disease in sub-Saharan Africa. In light of this experience, as well as the Second Vatican Council's reformulation of the Catholic Church's approach to missions, by the late 1960s the movement began to question its goal of converting the world, leading to the Crusade's crisis of faith and eventually to its disbanding.By exploring the fascinating story of the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade, this study offers new insights into the growth of the church amidst contemporary obstacles and historically non-Christian cultures, providing a bridge to understanding the current challenges to Christian globalization.

GERMANISM & THE AMER CRUSADE

GERMANISM & THE AMER CRUSADE
Author: George Davis 1862-1925 Herron
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2016-08-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781362621737

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The American Crusade II

The American Crusade II
Author: Edwin Markham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 596
Release: 1927
Genre: United States
ISBN:

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Germanism and the American Crusade

Germanism and the American Crusade
Author: George Davis Herron
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781357027650

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