American Christian nationalist ministries expand by exploiting former British colonies’ Protestant ties

Evidence

“It’s amazing how fast we are expanding overseas,” he says. Exulting over new outposts in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and the Congo, he says, “Because England colonized sixty-eight countries of the world, a lot of Caribbean nations, a lot of South Pacific nations, these nations have a link to Protestantism that makes for fertile soil to plant the Capitol Ministries vision.” He informs the crowd about alliances forged with believers in Muslim-majority countries, “going into enemy territory, spiritually speaking.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 185

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on mission networks riding imperial legacies, similar to arguments in Black Marxism about colonial structures persisting. — connects to: Protestant reinterpreted biblical concepts seeded modern nationalism — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 330; Colonial religious liberty was originally limited to Protestants. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 282; Christian nationalism is a global, not uniquely American, phenomenon
• SEED: Essay angle: how ‘fertile soil’ colonial-protestant framing launders empire into ministry expansion strategy.

Broader Connections

• Christian nationalism is a global, not uniquely American, phenomenon #corroborates (0.80)
• Protestant reinterpreted biblical concepts seeded modern nationalism #expands (0.75) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 330
• Colonial religious liberty was originally limited to Protestants. #corroborates (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 282