Global Faith, Worldly Power

“In foregrounding international forms of evangelicalism, this volume delivers thought-provoking visions of how the faith tradition’s domestic manifestations might take inspiration from global communities and reckon with the darker episodes in its history. Scholars of American religion should take note.”—Publishers Weekly

“Cogent and wide-ranging. . . . [G]raduate students and established scholars will find this volume a useful corrective to a previously myopic narrative.”—Journal of American History

“[Global Faith, Worldly Power] provides a wide-ranging and important collection which combines more and less familiar stories of evangelical engagement with the world around them and how that shaped both them and those with whom they interacted. . . . [A]n excellent synthesis of recent trends in the scholarship for those already familiar with the field and a clear, effective introduction to a large and diverse subject for those coming to it anew. . . . Giving voice to some who are not always heard and placing more familiar names and organisations into a new, more complex perspective.”—Reading Religion

“An impressive collection. . . . [T]hese essays make clear just how much we miss if we narrate the history of evangelicalism and the rise of the religious right without considering the international reach and worldview of many US-based evangelicals, the relationships they had with co-religionists outside of the United States, the racial and theological diversity of these communities, and the impact of these relationships on US foreign policy. . . . [A]n excellent resource for scholars and teachers of American religion, US empire, and racial formation as well as those working in America political history, international relations, and public policy.”—H-Diplo

“This excellent volume stands out for its global breadth, for capturing the diversity of U.S.-global evangelicalism, and for strikingly relating religious history to the key themes framing the volume: empire, the Cold War, neoliberalism, and humanitarianism. A genuinely thought-provoking work, it will also make the perfect addition to courses in the field of transnational religious history.”—Uta Balbier, author of Altar Call in Europe: Billy Graham, Mass Evangelism, and the Cold-War West

“By situating American evangelicalism in a transnational frame, Global Faith, Worldly Power offers a significantly more complex picture of the movement, highlighting its racial, geographic, and political diversity. The book shows how evangelical investments at home and abroad have influenced U.S. foreign affairs, impacted local Christian communities in other parts of the world, and reshaped evangelical constituents domestically over the past two hundred years.”—Heather D. Curtis, author of Holy Humanitarians: American Evangelicals and Global Aid