The Christian Culture Elements in the American Foreign Policy

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1、TheChristianCultureElementsintheAmericanForeignPolicyAThesisPresentedtotheCollegeofEnglishShanghaiFinanceUniversityBy20Abstract:TheAmericaisaseeminglyverysecular,butinfactisaveryreligiouscountry,regardlessoftheseparationofchurchandstate.GodistheAmericancivilization'sultimatebacking.TheAmeri

2、cansregardtheirowncareersasthesacredmissionwhichtheGodgives.TheChristianculturewhichhasdeepinfluencesonAmericanpolitics,societyaswellasdiplomaticpolicycannotbeignored.TherearemanyresearchesontheAmericanforeignpolicy.ButafewscholarsresearchtheChristiancultureelementsintheAmericanforeignpolic

3、ybydiscussingthedifferentfivestagesofAmerica.ThisdissertationdiscussestheChristiancultureelementofinAmericandiplomaticpolicyaimingatconcludingthefunctionofChristianityintheAmericanforeignpolicy.Keywords:Christianculture;Americanforeignpolicy;influence;Americanhistory20ContentsAbstract………………

4、……………………………….……….……….……………iI.Introduction……………………………………………….……….………..……1II.BriefIntroductionofChristianityinAmerica…………………………………12.1OriginofChristianity……………………………………………….……….…22.2DevelopmentofChristianityinAmerica………………………………………22.3InfluenceofChristianonAmericanCultureandValues………………………3II

5、I.AmericanForeignPolicyinDifferentHistoricalStages……………………43.1America’sIndependence………………………………………………….……53.1.1TheDeclarationofIndependence…………………………………………53.1.2ChristianCultureElementsintheDeclarationofIndependence…………63.1.3DiplomaticRelationshipwithothercountriesafteritsIndependence………83.

6、2TheCivilWar……………………………………………….……….………..83.2.1TheNorthandtheSouth……………………………………………….……93.2.2TheEmancipationProclamation…………………………………………103.3TheFirstandSecondWorldWar……………………………………………103.3.1ForeignPolicyofAmerica…………………………………………………113.3.2InfluenceofChristianCultureonAmericanForeignPolicy…………

7、……113.4TheColdWarPeriod…………………………………………………………123.4.1TheSovietUnionversusAmerica…………………………………………133.4.2SuperpowerofAmerica……………………………………………………133.5Yearsince1991…………………………………………………………………143.5.1TheGulfWar………………………………………………………………153.5.2The911Attack…………………………