Introduction : defining and defending rights -- A global shift in missionary Christianity -- The communications revolution and evangelical internationalism -- Religious freedom and the new evangelical foreign policy lobby -- Fighting religious persecution behind the Iron Curtain -- Supporting a "Brother in Christ" in Guatemala -- The challenge of South African Apartheid -- Conclusion : Evangelical foreign policy activism ascendant.
Summary:
"This book examines the growth and influence of evangelical Christian foreign policy lobbying groups in the United States beginning in the 1970s, assessing the effectiveness of Christian efforts to attain foreign aid for favored regimes and to impose economic and diplomatic sanctions on those nations that persecuted Christians and stifled evangelism"-- Provided by publisher.
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