Juha Meriläinen 14
„Whose Dollar, His Religion.“ The WCC, the LWF and the Reconstruction of European Protestantism in the Early Cold War years, 1945–1948
Abstract:
After the Second World War theWorld Council of Churches developed a program of reconstruction aid for member churches. This took place in the context of the beginning of the Cold War, when the reconstruction program of the Marshall Plan aimed to limit the influ-ence of the Soviet Union in Europe. The article discusses the aims of the program of the WCC and the role of the Finnish Lutheran Church in its implementation.
Keywords:
WCC, Cold War, Second World War, Truman, Finnish Lutheran Church, LWF