Nationalism and Patriotism

Our Civilizational Moment

Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis was regarded as highly controversial 30 years, yet decades later his claims have been vindicated

Military Recruitment Shortfalls Are Ultimately a Spiritual Problem

As military enlistments fall in the United States, policymakers ponder solutions to the recruitment and morality crisis.

Liberal Nationalism, Abraham Lincoln, and the Unification of Italy

Although liberalism and nationalism are not often thought of together, liberal nationalism is a powerful force for nation-building.

Veterans Day
Oorah! Happy Veterans Day

Today marks the observance to two great national holidays that honor the heroes among us. Go out your way to thank a veteran and hug a Marine.

Moral vs. Immoral Resistance Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Non-Violent Direct Action

Part I of Eric Patterson’s four part series on the Just War Tradition

Review of Stephen Wolfe’s A Case for Christian Nationalism

Though Wolfe’s arguments are complex and wide ranging, they frequently fail to hold up under scrutiny

Potemkin Pillages: Putin As Cultural Grave-Robber

When our own statue-toppling Western culture-warriors seek to empty our museums and metaphorically shoot busts of our own national heroes through the skull here at home, they should consider the implications. Revisionist culture-wars may one day prevent nations from defending themselves properly in real shooting-wars.

The 500-Year-Old Case for Christian Nationalism

Stephen Wolfe has written an intellectually serious book, not an action plan. But its appeal is limited to a handful of idiosyncratic, patriarchal Calvinists.

The Chaplaincy: a Public Role of Christianity in the United States

Reclaiming chaplains who understand themselves first as chaplains, and not merely as decorative functionaries would be one way of retrieving Christianity in the public square.

Explore The Latest

2020 Presidential Election (9) Abraham Kuyper (5) Alliances (135) American Exceptionalism (22) American Revolution (10) Anti-Semitism (19) Apologetics (25) Biden Administration (121) Brexit (11) Cancel Culture (3) Catholic Church (70) character formation (25) Chemical Weapons (4) Christian Ethics (544) Christian Realism (415) Christianity & Crisis Archives (118) Civil Religion (26) Civil-Military Relations (27) Climate Change (6) Cold War (74) Communism (110) Coptic Church (15) Corruption (34) COVID-19 Pandemic (42) Culture (2) Cybersecurity (15) Democracy (369) Deterrence (46) Dictatorship (54) Diplomacy (144) Education (9) Episcopal Church (5) Evangelical Christians (36) Freedom (55) Freedom of the Press (14) Genocide (14) History (239) Holocaust (18) Human Flourishing (56) Human Rights (280) Immigration (30) Integralism (11) Intelligence & Espionage (53) International Religious Liberty (323) Islam (70) Islamic State (ISIS) (120) Just War Tradition (260) Kurds (10) Liberalism (112) Literature (6) Millennial Christians on Nation-States and Patriotism (16) Missile Defense (15) Missions (9) Moral Injury (10) Nationalism and Patriotism (161) Nuclear Weapons (90) Obama Administration (51) Pacifism (35) Peace (148) Political Theology (81) Political Theory (115) Race (11) Refugees (28) Revolutions (13) Russian Orthodox Church (23) Socialism (6) Soft Power (37) Strategy (10) Syrian Civil War (36) Technology (23) Terrorism (157) The World in 2020 (4) Theology (98) Trade & Economics (110) Trump Administration (272) United Nations (UN) (17) US Military (56) US State Department (19) Vietnam War (23) War (235) Zionism (12)