Daniel Strand is a professor who teaches courses on the just war tradition, ethics and leadership, and contemporary political ethics. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Arizona State University (2015-19) in the History Department and the Program in Political History and Leadership. Strand’s research interests include the political and moral theology of Augustine of Hippo and the Augustinian tradition, ethics and foreign policy, the just war tradition, bioethics, and moral theory. He is the author of the forthcoming Gods of the Nations (Cambridge University Press), a historical study of Augustine’s political theology in The City of God. He has published articles and book chapters on Augustine of Hippo, Hannah Arendt, and the ethics of euthanasia. He is a contributing editor at Providence. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota, MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and PhD in religion and ethics from the University of Chicago.
Though the Bible does not give us a clear schematic of how we are to order our political life, it does something more profound: it gives us a frame for all reality, history, and humanity.
Daniel StrandMarch 4, 2020
Daniel Strand, a professor of ethics and expert in political theory, spoke about Christian Realism at Providence’s Christianity and National Security Conference in November 2019.
Daniel StrandFebruary 28, 2020
The realism in Christian Realism lies in the tension between the redemption and hope that the Gospel brings for a world ensnared in sin and cynicism, and the reality that sin and its effects are still pervasive and will continue to cripple and limit the possibilities for justice this side of paradise.
Daniel StrandJanuary 31, 2020
The debate in America about Iran is not about war vs. peace. That is not the debate because that is not the choice.
Daniel StrandJanuary 7, 2020
There is a deep split over foreign policy within the psyche of the Democratic Party.
Daniel StrandJanuary 7, 2020
If we are going to get anywhere in this debate about liberalism, we should take on the strongest arguments from our opponents and not their weakest or most caricatured. While I do not think Christians should see liberal democracy as the enemy, I do think its critics often have a point.
Daniel StrandDecember 18, 2019
In the wake of the Washington Post’s big document dump of secret government and military communications about the war in Afghanistan, a fresh wave of calls for pulling out of Afghanistan is sounding across the media.
Daniel StrandDecember 13, 2019
A basic rule of discriminating moral reasoning is that we are only obliged to do an action that we are able to do. That is, an ought implies a can.
Daniel StrandDecember 6, 2019
If William McRaven is truly concerned about the trust the military has earned across our society, he would be more reluctant to drag it into the political muck.
Daniel StrandDecember 2, 2019
Perhaps one of my favorite tools in teaching Western civilization to undergrads at Arizona State University is to show clips…
Daniel StrandOctober 30, 2019