A new history exploring the twentieth century roots of Christian nationalism and globalism.
God’s Marshall Plan tells the story of the American Protestants who sought to transform Germany into a new Christian and democratic nation in the heart of twentieth-century Europe. As American pastors, revivalists, diplomats, and spies crossed the Atlantic in an era of world war, they began to identify Europe as a continent in need of saving. Their call for political and spiritual intervention abroad ignited the fires of Christian nationalism back home, ultimately inspiring far-reaching campaigns to remake Germany in America’s image. Yet as they struggled for Europe’s soul, American Protestants came to realize they had developed vastly different visions for how to best reconstruct their world out of the ruins of war. The struggle that followed forged two competing theologies of public engagement—Christian nationalism and Christian globalism—that definitively shaped American religion, politics, and diplomacy for decades to come.
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JAMES D. STRASBURG 