Reverse Mission
Timothy A. Byrnes
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Description for Reverse Mission
Hardback. Many Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their 'brothers and sisters' abroad. This book reveals how the men and women of these orders became politically active in complex and sometimes controversial causes and how, ultimately, they exert a influence on foreign policy. Series: Religion and Politics Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 385.
Many Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their 'brothers and sisters' abroad. In fact, when the policies of their native government pose significant dangers to their people internationally, these US citizens engage actively in a variety of political processes in order to protect and advance the interests of the transnational religious communities to which they belong. In this provocative examination of the place of religion in world politics, Timothy A. Byrnes focuses on three Catholic communities-Jesuit, Maryknoll, and Benedictine-and how they seek to shape US policy in El ... Read more
Many Catholic priests, nuns, and brothers in the United States take a strong interest in US policies that affect their 'brothers and sisters' abroad. In fact, when the policies of their native government pose significant dangers to their people internationally, these US citizens engage actively in a variety of political processes in order to protect and advance the interests of the transnational religious communities to which they belong. In this provocative examination of the place of religion in world politics, Timothy A. Byrnes focuses on three Catholic communities-Jesuit, Maryknoll, and Benedictine-and how they seek to shape US policy in El ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Religion and Politics Series
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589017757
SKU
V9781589017757
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Ref
99-24
About Timothy A. Byrnes
Timothy A. Byrnes is a professor of political science at Colgate University and the author or editor of several books including Catholic Bishops in American Politics and Transnational Catholicism in Postcommunist Europe.
Reviews for Reverse Mission
Byrnes effectively shows how the differences between the orders both in terms of structure and ministerial charism lead to different mobilizations vis-a-vis US foreign policy...Byrnes has cleared the ground for more probing analysis of this vital religious dimension of the growing border crossings of twenty-first century politics. Review of Politics