Terry Lindvall and Andrew Quicke
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814753248
- eISBN:
- 9780814765357
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814753248.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter explores how producers realized that a media-saturated market in the US limited their appeal and envisioned multiplying their investments and effectiveness in communicating to the world. ...
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This chapter explores how producers realized that a media-saturated market in the US limited their appeal and envisioned multiplying their investments and effectiveness in communicating to the world. Grounded in the Great Commission, these producers sought to adapt the medium to other cultures, with mixed results. As communicators, they showed little concern for cross-cultural communication problems. Their films, while targeted at foreign countries, clearly reflected a Western, Christian view of the world, with mostly Caucasian actors and Western music. The chapter also depicts how the impact of showing evangelistic films increased Indian persecution of the Christian minority. At the same time, The Jesus Film and Karunamayudu proved to be very powerful evangelistic tools and have converted many Hindus. Though the Indian constitution guarantees freedom of religion, India has demanded the departure of foreign missionaries.Less
This chapter explores how producers realized that a media-saturated market in the US limited their appeal and envisioned multiplying their investments and effectiveness in communicating to the world. Grounded in the Great Commission, these producers sought to adapt the medium to other cultures, with mixed results. As communicators, they showed little concern for cross-cultural communication problems. Their films, while targeted at foreign countries, clearly reflected a Western, Christian view of the world, with mostly Caucasian actors and Western music. The chapter also depicts how the impact of showing evangelistic films increased Indian persecution of the Christian minority. At the same time, The Jesus Film and Karunamayudu proved to be very powerful evangelistic tools and have converted many Hindus. Though the Indian constitution guarantees freedom of religion, India has demanded the departure of foreign missionaries.
Lauren Frances Turek
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781501748912
- eISBN:
- 9781501748936
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501748912.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
When American evangelicals flocked to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century to fulfill their Biblical mandate for global evangelism, their experiences abroad ...
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When American evangelicals flocked to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century to fulfill their Biblical mandate for global evangelism, their experiences abroad led them to engage more deeply in foreign policy activism at home. This book tracks these trends and illuminates the complex and significant ways in which religion shaped America's role in the late-Cold War world. The book examines the growth and influence of Christian foreign policy lobbying groups in the United States beginning in the 1970s, assesses the effectiveness of Christian efforts to attain foreign aid for favored regimes, and considers how those same groups promoted the imposition of economic and diplomatic sanctions on those nations that stifled evangelism. The book links the development of evangelical foreign policy lobbying to the overseas missionary agenda. Its case studies—Guatemala, South Africa, and the Soviet Union—reveal the extent of Christian influence on American foreign policy from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Evangelical policy work also reshaped the lives of Christians overseas and contributed to a reorientation of U.S. human rights policy. Efforts to promote global evangelism and support foreign brethren led activists to push Congress to grant aid to favored, yet repressive, regimes in countries such as Guatemala while imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions on nations that persecuted Christians, such as the Soviet Union. This advocacy shifted the definitions and priorities of U.S. human rights policies with lasting repercussions that can be traced into the twenty-first century.Less
When American evangelicals flocked to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century to fulfill their Biblical mandate for global evangelism, their experiences abroad led them to engage more deeply in foreign policy activism at home. This book tracks these trends and illuminates the complex and significant ways in which religion shaped America's role in the late-Cold War world. The book examines the growth and influence of Christian foreign policy lobbying groups in the United States beginning in the 1970s, assesses the effectiveness of Christian efforts to attain foreign aid for favored regimes, and considers how those same groups promoted the imposition of economic and diplomatic sanctions on those nations that stifled evangelism. The book links the development of evangelical foreign policy lobbying to the overseas missionary agenda. Its case studies—Guatemala, South Africa, and the Soviet Union—reveal the extent of Christian influence on American foreign policy from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Evangelical policy work also reshaped the lives of Christians overseas and contributed to a reorientation of U.S. human rights policy. Efforts to promote global evangelism and support foreign brethren led activists to push Congress to grant aid to favored, yet repressive, regimes in countries such as Guatemala while imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions on nations that persecuted Christians, such as the Soviet Union. This advocacy shifted the definitions and priorities of U.S. human rights policies with lasting repercussions that can be traced into the twenty-first century.
