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Auteur(s) : Curtis, Heather D. (1969-....)
Titre(s) : Holy humanitarians [Texte imprimé] : American evangelicals and global aid / Heather D. Curtis
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (370 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
On May 10, 1900, an enthusiastic Brooklyn crowd bid farewell to the Quito. The ship
sailed for famine-stricken Bombay, carrying both tangible relief--thousands of tons
of corn and seeds--and "a tender message of love and sympathy from God's children
on this side of the globe to those on the other." The Quito may never have gotten
under way without support from the era's most influential religious newspaper, the
Christian Herald, which urged its American readers to alleviate poverty and suffering
abroad and at home. In Holy Humanitarians, Heather D. Curtis argues that evangelical
media campaigns transformed how Americans responded to domestic crises and foreign
disasters during a pivotal period for the nation. Through graphic reporting and the
emerging medium of photography, evangelical publishers fostered a tremendously popular
movement of faith-based aid that rivaled the achievements of competing agencies like
the American Red Cross. By maintaining that the United States was divinely ordained
to help the world's oppressed and needy, the Christian Herald linked humanitarian
assistance with American nationalism at a time when the country was stepping onto
the global stage. Social reform, missionary activity, disaster relief, and economic
and military expansion could all be understood as integral features of Christian charity.
Drawing on rigorous archival research, Curtis lays bare the theological motivations,
social forces, cultural assumptions, business calculations, and political dynamics
that shaped America's ambivalent embrace of evangelical philanthropy. In the process
she uncovers the seeds of today's heated debates over the politics of poverty relief
and international aid.
Sujet(s) : Évangélisation -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Aide humanitaire américaine -- 20e siècle
Témoignage (religion) -- Christianisme -- Dans les médias
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674737365. - ISBN 0674737369 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45552009n
Notice n° :
FRBNF45552009
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Table des matières : Introduction ; A religious paper thoroughly humanitarian ; Cosmopolitan compassion
; We are fighting for philanthropy ; Almoner of the world ; The limits of evangelical
benevolence ; To safeguard Christian America ; A shifting landscape ; Epilogue.
