Imperial Pilgrims: A Theological Account of Augustine, Empire, and the Just War on Terror

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This book is an Augustinian interrogation of contemporary Christian accounts of empire, just war, and terrorism. Though Augustine’s voice has guided much of the Christian discourse in these conjoined arenas, it has not shielded his work from being misappropriated to serve ends that are inimical to his own. The US war on terror is the most recent and egregious example of violence that many theologians have unjustly baptized as Augustinian. By reading Augustine pastorally rather than merely polemically, this work offers a counter-narrative and an alternative praxis for the American Christian trying to reconcile her baptism with her citizenship.