Anglo-American relations and the religious cold war

Kirby, Dianne

doi:10.1080/14794012.2012.678115

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“…Although it appeared a very personal decision of faith, it also drew on a tradition of accommodation of the US by the British left via the idea of a 'spiritual union' that stretches back at least to the government of Attlee. 89 At a personal level, relations between David Cameron and Barack Obama were reportedly poor with the former aiming to steer a 'solid not slavish' course in relations with the US. 90 Even so, with his ideological belief in a 'Big Society' to take power away from government, Cameron has mirrored American presidential emphasis on service and sacrifice of the individual.…”

Section: Collective Endeavour and Social Changementioning

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The meaning of Madingley: Anglo-American commemorative culture at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery

Cross

2022

J Transatl Stud

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On completion in 1956, the design of the Cambridge American Military Cemetery at Madingley intentionally downplayed individual sacrifice in favour of an emphasis on government-led collective endeavour to uphold national ideals. The design commemorated the defeat of the Axis but in the Cold War also reaffirmed these ideals to allies and ideological enemies alike. Yet from the beginning, the meaning of Madingley has been fluid, negotiated and transcendent of the original fixed design. This article explores the impact of major social and cultural change, the rhetorical activity of politicians, institutional imperatives and the desires of local host communities on the meaning of this major node of Anglo-American commemorative culture. In doing so, it traces the growth of an emphasis on individual service and sacrifice that has replaced the original focus on government-led national enterprise with a more portable meaning able to support the desires of different commemorative constituencies. American politicians have used this to garner support for their policies, institutions have used it as a survival strategy and the host nation has used it as a comforting mask to obscure awkward disparities in national power. Although the commemorative meaning of the site has changed radically, it remains a window on the wider conservative dynamics of Anglo-American commemorative culture.

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Section: Collective Endeavour and Social Changementioning

confidence: 99%

The meaning of Madingley: Anglo-American commemorative culture at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery

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2022

J Transatl Stud

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“…With regard to Europe, the Council was not ready to accept the division into East and West as definitive. 19 These two sides found expression in a number of initiatives that played out in Europe and it is interesting to explore how these initiatives affected the transatlantic relationship. The first initiative came from the UK.…”

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A transatlantic religious alliance? American and European protestant encounters, 1945–1965

Krabbendam

2017

Journal of Transatlantic Studies

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After World War II American and European Protestants linked up at various organisational levels to discuss and defend their common interests. On the American side this was far from a unified action. Disagreements between liberal and conservative Protestants in the United States meant that each side reached out to Europe in different ways, resulting in a variety of transatlantic religious alliances. The liberal representatives tried to draft a common platform for European engagement as part of their ecumenical objectives. Conservative Protestants on the other hand, feared this liberal effort and courted European souls with informal evangelical networks and joint US-European revival campaigns. Neither effort to shape new alliances was as successful as anticipated. Both suffered from Europe's strong national religious interests and from the incongruity of a US presence in transatlantic political formations. As well, neither group could easily transcend the ideological divide created by the Cold War. In the end American evangelicals had greater success in drawing citizens on both continents in viable transatlantic relationships. Though the religious connections surfaced publicly only on occasion, they contributed to a lively transatlantic religious exchange.

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“…14 Dianne Kirby extended this analysis into the twentieth century in her study of how religion featured in the US-UK Cold War relationship. 15 Religion has also been identified as an important factor in driving various social campaigns that operated across transatlantic national boundaries in the modern era. For example, Ian Tyrrell's study of the Women's Christian Temperance Union depicts an international movement that had particularly strong representation in Britain and the USA from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.…”

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The ‘transnational turn’ in transatlantic studies

Mills

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2022

J Transatl Stud

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This introductory essay for a special issue of the Journal of Transatlantic Studies on transnational transatlantic relations begins by providing a brief overview of the emergence of the transnational approach in the humanities and social sciences before tracking the development of the 'transnational turn' when applied to transatlantic studies in the fields of History and Literature. It goes on to consider the tendency of historical studies employing a transnational approach to focus on 'ordinary people', rather than 'elites', and suggests that when directed at the transatlantic region a transnational approach has the potential to bridge this divide. The introduction finishes with a brief overview of the articles included in the special issue.

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Anglo-American relations and the religious cold war

Cited by 5 publications

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The meaning of Madingley: Anglo-American commemorative culture at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery

The meaning of Madingley: Anglo-American commemorative culture at the Cambridge American Military Cemetery

A transatlantic religious alliance? American and European protestant encounters, 1945–1965

The ‘transnational turn’ in transatlantic studies

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