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Apr 1, 2021
Summary
Dr. John D. Wilsey, associate professor of church history at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, joins McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II to discuss his recent book God’s Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles. Although many of us are familiar with Dulles International Airport, few people today know much about the man it is named after. Dr. Wilsey shares how faith influenced Dulles, one of the most important figures in the forefront of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era.
Links Mentioned
- John D. Wilsey, God’s Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles
- John D. Wilsey, American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea
- William Inboden, Religion and American Foreign Policy, 1945-1960: The Soul of Containment
- Richard H. Immerman, Empire for Liberty: A History of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz
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