RT Article
T1 William Rainey Harper’s Founding Vision for the REA and the Rhetoric of American Imperialism
JF Religious education
VO 117
IS 2
SP 125
OP 137
A1 Gunn, Dennis
LA English
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1804152110
AB This article engages the question: In what ways and to what extent was William Rainey Harper’s founding vision for the R.E.A. shaped by the rhetoric of American imperialism and its legitimation of violence against other nations? Using a historical methodology, this research explores how Harper’s originating vision for the R.E.A. grew out of his conviction that the United States, critically informed and democratically inspired by the Bible, could be the world’s prophet of democracy. It analyzes how Harper’s vision for the R.E.A. supported the ideological framework of American imperialism while offering a broader vision in working toward peace.
K1 religious education association
K1 William Rainey Harper
DO 10.1080/00344087.2022.2045785