Race for revival: how Cold War South Korea shaped American Evangelical empire

Race for Revival retells the story of modern American evangelicalism through its relationship with South Korea. Employing a bilingual and bi-national approach, Helen Jin Kim reexamines the narrative of modern evangelicalism through an innovative transpacific framework, offering a new lens through wh...

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Main Author: Kim, Helen Jin 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press USA - OSO 2022
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Kim, Helen Jin, 1984-, Race for revival : how Cold War South Korea shaped American Evangelical empire] (2024) (Shin, Chan Woong)
[Rezension von: Kim, Helen Jin, 1984-, Race for revival : how Cold War South Korea shaped American Evangelical empire] (2023) (Yi, Joseph)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B South Korea / USA / Evangelical movement / History 1950-1980
Further subjects:B Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
B Electronic books
B Evangelicalism
B Evangelicalism-United States
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Summary:Race for Revival retells the story of modern American evangelicalism through its relationship with South Korea. Employing a bilingual and bi-national approach, Helen Jin Kim reexamines the narrative of modern evangelicalism through an innovative transpacific framework, offering a new lens through which to understand evangelical history from the Korean War to the rise of Ronald Reagan.
Cover -- Half title -- Race for Revival -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Romanization and Translation -- Introduction -- 1. Martyrs: War and World Vision, 1950-​1953 -- 2. Students: Immigration, Conversion, and White Fundamentalism, 1950-​1960 -- 3. Orphans: The Mirage of Evangelical Diplomacy, 1960-​1969 -- 4. Revival: Billy's and Billy's Largest "Crusade," 1969-​1973 -- 5. Explosion: The "New Emerging Christian Kingdom" and the Christian Right, 1972-​1980 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (257 pages)
ISBN:978-0-19-006243-9