Is it realistic to assume that Christian religions could become as violent as Islamic extremists?
A new brand of mystical, conservative Christianity has already spread across Africa, Latin America and Asia, and Christian extremism has followed this explosive trend (for example, the Lumpa Church in Zambia, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda). Any religion or church that promotes communal orthodoxy, mysticism, puritanism, obedience to spiritual and prophetic authority–those that are messianic and apocolyptic in their approach–risk the kind of violence depicted in The Lazarus Covenant. As Islamic migration spreads throughout Europe, I believe we’ll see a corresponding emergence of Christian fanaticism…even among traditional “Western” religions that teach non-violence.
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