The cross of war : Christian nationalism and U.S. expansion in the Spanish-American War /

McCullough, Matthew,

The cross of war : Christian nationalism and U.S. expansion in the Spanish-American War / Matthew McCullough. - Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages). - Studies in American thought and culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"My brother's keeper" : justifying a new kind of sacrifice, defining a new kind of war -- Clash of civilizations : Spain as enemy and the crystallization of American messianism -- "The hand of God in the nation's victory" : providence, American success, and the meaning of national history -- To Anglo-Saxonize the world : racial providentialism and the American mission -- Duty and destiny : messianic interventionism and the ideology of American expansion.



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Spanish-American War, 1898--Influence.
Religion and international relations.
Civil religion--History--United States--19th century.
Intervention (International law)--Moral and ethical aspects.
Spanish-American War, 1898--Religious aspects--Christianity.


Electronic Books.

E725 / .C767 2014