Evangelical Violence: Christian Nationalism, the Great Commission and a Millennium of Holy Warfare [Hardcover]

Chapter 1. The Great Commission, Christian Humanism and Christian Nationalism  Chapter 2. Crusades, Conquest and Conversion  Chapter 3. Spain, Portugal and the Catholic Conquest of the Americas  Chapter 4. The United States of America, Mission and Manifest Destiny  Chapter 5. British, French and German Colonialism in Comparative Perspective  Chapter 6. World Wars, Cold War and Christianity  Chapter 7. From New World Order to War on Terror  Conclusion: Christianity, the West and the World Today

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.

Christopher Rhodes is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at the College of General Studies at Boston University, USA. His research interests are in political economy of religion, identity and politics, African politics and organizational behavior and political activities.

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 extelÓÛ