The theme of the latest print issue of Providence is the sometimes conflicted and often contentious relationship between Christian missions and US foreign policy. There are few arenas of public engagement where the precepts of Christian theology and the politics of American statecraft come in such proximity to one another. This interaction is unavoidable, and missionaries and international relations practitioners would do well to understand its origins and effects.
The Gospel writers Luke and Matthew both recorded the closing admonitions of Jesus to his followers, and Jesus was explicit in his terminology and specific in his scope.
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