
The Cross of War
Christian Nationalism and U.S. Expansion in the Spanish-American War
Matthew McCullough(Author)
University of Wisconsin Press
Published on 30. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-299-30034-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Cross of War documents the rise of "messianic interventionism"-the belief that America can and should intervene altruistically on behalf of other nations. This stance was first embraced in the Spanish-American War of 1898, a war that marked the dramatic emergence of the United States as an active world power and set the stage for the foreign policy of the next one hundred years. Responding to the circumstances of this war, an array of Christian leaders carefully articulated and defended the notion that America was responsible under God to extend freedom around the world-by force, if necessary. Drawing from a wide range of sermons and religious periodicals across regional and denominational lines, Matthew McCullough describes the ways that many American Christians came to celebrate military intervention as a messianic sacrifice, to trace the hand of God in a victory more painless and complete than anyone had imagined, and to justify the new shift in American foreign policy as a divine calling.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-30034-0 (9780299300340)
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Matthew McCullough earned a PhD in American religious history from Vanderbilt University, USA, and serves as the pastor of Trinity Church in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.