Evangelical Violence : Christian Nationalism, the Great Commission and a Millennium of “Holy” Warfare

Evangelical Violence examines the long history of western states and actors attempting to export and impose Christianity on non-western peoples and the use of state-administered violence to achieve these “Evangelical” goals.This book explores the theological underpinnings of western attempts to spread Christianity and examines how variations in the interpretation of this theological imperative have impacted beliefs and practices of western states. The book argues that, throughout the past millennium, the foreign policy of western states has been heavily influenced by the Christian concept of evangelism, based on the scriptural Great Commission, the command to "go and make disciples of all nations".When evangelism has been conceived in collective rather than individualistic terms - an extension of the concept of “Christian Nationalism” to international relations - violence has been readily and more intensely used against non-Christian societies to achieve both conversion and secular goa