The Cold War’s end removed evangelical militarism’s founding rationale

Evidence

In 1991, the Cold War officially came to an end. For more than four decades, evangelicals had mobilized against an imminent communist threat. With American power restored and their enemy vanquished, the need for evangelical militarism was no longer self-evident. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 321

Categorization

• QUESTION: Sets up the next chapter’s pivot — what replaces the communist enemy? This is the hinge on which the Trump-era consolidation turns, worth chasing.
• XREF: connects to: The end of the Cold War removed premillennialists’ central enemy figure — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 342