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Cold War Christians and the Spectre of Nuclear Deterrence, 1945-1959

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  1. Jonathan Gorry

    1. Nottingham Trent University, UK

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Part of the book series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 (HISASE)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 1-12

  3. Vision and Order

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Presumptions against War

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 15-32

    3. Prophecy and Diplomacy at a New Frontier

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 33-54

  4. Faith and Fear

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Christians in the Atomic Age

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 57-79

    3. The Churches and the Thermonuclear Revolution

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 80-101

  5. Power and Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Moral Aspects of Deterrence

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 105-124

    3. Strategies for Survival

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 125-144

    4. Redacting Just War

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 145-170

    5. Conclusion

      • Jonathan Gorry
      Pages 171-184

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 185-216
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About this book

Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Jonathan Gorry

About the author

Jonathan Gorry is Lecturer in International Relations at the Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is interested in notions of secularisation, questions of political violence and teaching/learning in higher education.

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