Evangelicals and Comprehensive Security

Abstract

Using the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the World Evangelical Alliance as reference points, in this paper I do three things. First, I define my key terms: comprehensive security and evangelicalism. Second, I examine several of the most significant barriers to a wider embrace of the comprehensive security paradigm among evangelicals. Third, I look at some of the main evangelical statements that contribute to the cause of comprehensive security. My interest here is evangelical articulations of commitment to international human flourishing that complement the holistic vision of comprehensive security.