DESCRIPTION
History textbooks typically list 1945–1990 as the Cold War years, but it is clear that tensions from that period are still influencing world politics today. While much attention is given to political and social responses to those first nuclear threats, none has been given to the reactions of Christian churches. North American Churches and the Cold War offers the first systematic reflection on the diverse responses of Canadian and American churches to potential nuclear disaster.
A mix of scholars and church leaders, the contributors analyze the anxieties, dilemmas, and hopes that Christian churches felt as World War II gave way to the nuclear age. As they faced either nuclear annihilation or peaceful reconciliation, Christians were forced to take stands on such issues as war, communism, and their relationship to Christians in Eastern Europe. As we continue to navigate the nuclear era, this book provides insight into Chris-tian responses to future adversities and conflicts.
CONTRIBUTORS
| William Alexander Blaikie |
Nadieszda Kizenko |
| James Christie |
John Lindner |
| Nicholas Denysenko |
David Little |
| Gary Dorrien |
Joseph Loya |
| Mark Thomas Edwards |
Paul Mojzes |
| Peter Eisenstadt |
Andrei V. Psarev |
| Jill K. Gill |
Bruce Rigdon |
| Michael Graziano |
Walter Sawatsky |
| Barbara Green |
Axel R. Schäfer |
| Raymond Haberski Jr. |
Todd Scribner |
| Jeremy Hatfield |
Gayle Thrift |
| Gordon L. Heath |
Steven M. Tipton |
| D. Oliver Herbel |
Frederick Trost |
| Norman Hjelm |
Lucian Turcescu |
| Daniel G. Hummel |
Charles West |
| Dianne Kirby |
James E. Will |
| Leonid Kishkovsky |
Lois Wilson |