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Making Sense of a World Transformed: The Christian Right Post September 11

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This paper examines the foreign policy agenda of the Christian Right in the wake of September 11th. The paper takes a historical approach, arguing that the foreign policy agenda of the Christian Right and its precursors are defined by the pursuit of four relatively constant values: unilateralist nationalism, the promotion of world evangelism, social conservatism, and a set of orientations derived from Biblical prophecy. However, the contexts in which those values have been pursued have varied over time. This has led to different foreign policy agendas and alliances in the Cold War era, the era of globalization (1989-2001), and now the era defined by the war on terrorism. Each era has been marked by a distinct set of threats to the Christian Right's underlying values. Looking at the context provided by the war on terrorism and at the Christian Right's early responses to that war, I argue that the war on terrorism has brought to the fore contradictions in the Christian Right's agenda latent in the previous era. Given the Christian Right's contradictory position, support for the war on terrorism is predicted to be less enthusiastic than that for the war on communism.

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Oldfield, Duane. "Making Sense of a World Transformed: The Christian Right Post September 11" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66098_index.html>

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Oldfield, D. M. , 2002-08-28 "Making Sense of a World Transformed: The Christian Right Post September 11" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p66098_index.html

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Abstract: This paper examines the foreign policy agenda of the Christian Right in the wake of September 11th. The paper takes a historical approach, arguing that the foreign policy agenda of the Christian Right and its precursors are defined by the pursuit of four relatively constant values: unilateralist nationalism, the promotion of world evangelism, social conservatism, and a set of orientations derived from Biblical prophecy. However, the contexts in which those values have been pursued have varied over time. This has led to different foreign policy agendas and alliances in the Cold War era, the era of globalization (1989-2001), and now the era defined by the war on terrorism. Each era has been marked by a distinct set of threats to the Christian Right's underlying values. Looking at the context provided by the war on terrorism and at the Christian Right's early responses to that war, I argue that the war on terrorism has brought to the fore contradictions in the Christian Right's agenda latent in the previous era. Given the Christian Right's contradictory position, support for the war on terrorism is predicted to be less enthusiastic than that for the war on communism.

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Making Sense of a World Transformed: The Christian Right Post­September 11 Duane M. Oldfield Associate Professor of Political Science Knox College Prepared for delivery at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Boston Massachusetts August 29 th ­September 1 st 2002. 1 Religious terrorism is the communism of the 21 st century the most serious international threat to human rights liberty democratic government and Christian faith we now face...It will likely last for decades --perhaps most of
Deported.'' Christianity Today. Vol. 46 # 5. (April 22). Slater Sharon. 2002. ``First Hand Experience.'' The Family Reporter. Vol. 6 #1. (First Quarter). Stillman Deanne. 2002. ``Onward Christian Soldiers: In Anticipation of the Second Coming Evangelicals Leap to Israel's Defense.'' The Nation. June 3 pp. 26­29. Stoll David. 1991. Is Latin America Turning Protestant?: The Politics of Evangelical Growth. Berkeley: University of California Press. Williams J. Rodman. 2002. ``Will Everyone Hear the Gospel Before Christ's Return?'' at http://secure.cbn.org/spirituallife%2Fdrwilliams%Fchrist%Freturn1%2Easp. Wright


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