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Anti-Amercanism in German Missiology

Anti-Amercanism in German Missiology 23 Anti-Amercanism in German Missiology WERNER USTORF In the following I would like to attempt to focus on the history of a particular discipline from a new and perhaps unusual perspective. The question is whether an anti-American tendency was significant in the emergence of Protestant missiology in Germany, and if so, whether this had an effect on the understanding and methods of missionary work. I will approach .the problem in four steps: . 1) define the term anti-Americanism, ' 2) propose the application of a historical perspective of modernity, 3) compile missiological historical data, 4) discuss the feasability of a conclusive interpretation. 1) The term anti-Americanism The frivolous catchword 'anti-Americanism' is well known in Germany from the domestic political discussions of the day. As a rule it is used there as an ideological weapon, a term of abuse, to label an opponent an enemy of the United States or in short, pro-Soviet. It was in this sense that a member of the government accused an opposition politician in 1985 of "primitive anti- Americanism", when the latter defended his party's rejection of the so-called balance of arms resolution. (1) Here the reproach of anti-Americanism must be interpreted as the denunciation http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

Anti-Amercanism in German Missiology

Ustorf, Werner
Mission Studies , Volume 6 (1): 12 – Jan 1, 1989
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23 Anti-Amercanism in German Missiology WERNER USTORF In the following I would like to attempt to focus on the history of a particular discipline from a new and perhaps unusual perspective. The question is whether an anti-American tendency was significant in the emergence of Protestant missiology in Germany, and if so, whether this had an effect on the understanding and methods of missionary work. I will approach .the problem in four steps: . 1) define the term anti-Americanism, ' 2) propose the application of a historical perspective of modernity, 3) compile missiological historical data, 4) discuss the feasability of a conclusive interpretation. 1) The term anti-Americanism The frivolous catchword 'anti-Americanism' is well known in Germany from the domestic political discussions of the day. As a rule it is used there as an ideological weapon, a term of abuse, to label an opponent an enemy of the United States or in short, pro-Soviet. It was in this sense that a member of the government accused an opposition politician in 1985 of "primitive anti- Americanism", when the latter defended his party's rejection of the so-called balance of arms resolution. (1) Here the reproach of anti-Americanism must be interpreted as the denunciation

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