Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
12-2013
Abstract
In Evangelicals and American Foreign Policy, Mark Amstutz seeks to respond to the recent efflorescence of scholarly work on the role that American evangelical Christians have played in shaping international affairs in the 20th century. Written from an evangelical perspective, the book sets out to dispel what Amstutz terms “prevalent misconceptions” about the nature and underlying motivations for evangelical political participation and engagement abroad (5). He includes among these the dynamics of evangelical support for Israel as well as conventional periodization that locate the beginning of serious evangelical political involvement in the post-World War II era. The book is above all a call to action for evangelical Christians to develop and articulate a coherent approach to their global policy objectives. This latter aim sets the tone and structure of the book, and indicates its intended audience.
Identifier
10.1017/S175504831300059X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
Cambridge, England
Repository Citation
Turek, L.F. (2013). Evangelicals and American foreign policy [Review of the book Evangelicals and American foreign policy, by M.R. Amstutz]. Politics and Religion, 6(4), 881-884. doi: 10.1017/S175504831300059X
Publication Information
Politics and Religion