Many Are Chosen: Divine Election and Western Nationalism Book

	Introduction	1
1	Great Britain: Carrying the White Man's Burden: Some British Views of National Vocation in the Imperial Era	29
2	France: Religion and French Identity: The Origins of the Union Sacree	57
3	Germany: 'God Our Old Ally': The Chosen People Theme in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century German Nationalism	85
4	South Africa: The Construction of Afrikaner Chosenness	115
5	United States: The American Israel: Protestant Tribalism and Universal Mission	145
6	African Americans: Exodus, Ethiopia, and Racial Messianism: Texts and Contexts of African American Chosenness	175
7	Israel: In Pursuit of Normalcy: Zionism's Ambivalence toward Israel's Election	203
8	Sweden: Chosenness, Nationalism, and the Young Church Movement: Sweden 1880-1920	231
9	Switzerland: The Swiss: A Chosen People?	257
	Concluding Reflections - And a Glance Forward	285
	Index	299