C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis and the Preaching of Patriotism 

How can Christians hold in tension being commanded to exhibit universal love irrespective of national boundaries with the need to love the particular families, communities, and nations into which we are born?

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Combat Ethics, Warrior Ethos, and Moral Injury

If just war tradition requires particular kinds of warriors to fight just wars justly, we owe those particular kinds of warriors particularly kinds of things

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The Holy Week Reader—Friday: Kavod! The Weight of Glory

Peter Paul Ruben’s extraordinary “Raising of the Cross” helps reflect on Divine love, human flourishing, and the weight of glory.

Christian Realism, Nationalism(s), and Religious Freedom

Christian Realism is far preferable to Christian Nationalism for emphasizing individual liberty and rightful patriotism without idolizing the state, an ideology, a party, or a demagogue

Was St. Paul a Christian Realist?

Romans 13 is often thought of as a key passage in political theology, but how should it be applied to international relations?

How Tolkien’s Frenemy, Charles Williams, Indirectly Saved Lord of the Rings

Though Tolkien was not a fan of Charles Williams’ work, the latter would prove to have an enormous influence on the former

Carl Trueman, Francis Schaeffer, and the Two Gates of Christian Civic Engagement

Christian political engagement must be neither too quietist and detached from reality nor too enamored with acquiring political power on Earth

C. S. Lewis Was Right on History

Mark Tooley has misunderstood CS Lewis’s philosophy of history, missing that Lewis was, in fact, right on history.

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The Holy Week Reader—Friday: Kavod! The Weight of Glory

Peter Paul Ruben’s extraordinary “Raising of the Cross” helps reflect on Divine love, human flourishing, and the weight of glory.