Contemporary debates over ‘Christian nationalism’ have surprising roots in 17th century debates over republicanism versus monarchism.

Paul Ramsey was among the greatest theologians of the 20th century and we are in sore need of his ideas today

What the struggle against 20th century totalitarianism can teach Christians about walking in faith today.

A statecraft dreaming that a great nation can be in the world but not of it is both hubristic and self-righteous.

Reinhold Niebuhr’s philosophy of Christian realism may hold the keys to addressing polarization in the West.

Though soldiers and military leaders are bound by Just War Tradition (JWT), members of Congress and civilian leaders are not. The passage of HR 1009, is one step toward bridging this gap. 

American thinking has often been shaped by Just War Theory, if implicitly. Last year, Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-CA) introduced HR 1009 that clarifies and makes explicit the American commitment to the just war tradition. 

After years of appeasement and failing to reckon with a reborn Russian imperialism, the U.S. and NATO nations are awaking from their moral and military slumber.

As should already be clear from this series’ first three essays (here, here, and here), the Christian realist just war…