American Political Life: The Intersection of Nationalistic and Christian Social Imaginaries of Faith as Sources of Resistance and Resilience

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• 作者：Ryan LaMothe
• 关键词：J. Edgar Hoover ; Martin Luther King ; Christianity ; Social imaginary ; Faith ; Resistance ; Resilience ; Patriotism
• 刊名：Pastoral Psychology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：64
• 期：5
• 页码：695-710
• 全文大小：223 KB
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• 作者单位：Ryan LaMothe (1)
  
  1. Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, 200 Hill Dr., St. Meinrad, IN, USA
  
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Clinical Psychology
  Religious Studies
  Cross Cultural Psychology
  Sociology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-6679

文摘

In this article, I depict the resiliency and resistance of two powerful American figures, J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King. I understand the sources of their resistance and resiliency in terms of core social imaginaries of faith that they initially internalized and later adopted, altered, and used. These social imaginaries, I argue, provided the purposes, meanings, and values that motivated and sustained their resistance and resiliency vis-à-vis enemies. It is also proposed that although these men were opponents, their lives reveal the intersection of Christian and national social imaginaries of faith, even though expressed and understood in decidedly different ways. Lastly, I contend that Hoover and King represent two distinctive expressions of Christian-national social imaginaries of faith present in American political life. Keywords J. Edgar Hoover Martin Luther King Christianity Social imaginary Faith Resistance Resilience Patriotism