Should Christians promote nation-states in all places at all times? No.
Mark MeltonJanuary 23, 2019
Works by C.S. Lewis and Tim Keller can help us understand the outlines of a healthy Christian patriotism—a righteous love of one’s imperfect country and home, including the people there and much more.
Mark MeltonJanuary 22, 2019
Imagine, if you will, a world full of completely unselfish people, of people who always thought of others first and not themselves; people who always sacrificed their own interests and looked for someone else to help. Paradise, right? Wrong.
Brad LittlejohnJanuary 9, 2019
Many millennial American Christians hold apathetic views toward patriotism, and even worse, they advocate for a perspective that sees the US as an empire.
Ben PalkaJanuary 8, 2019
Would those Catholics promoting integralism instead of liberalism support a nationalist-isolationist foreign policy, or empire?
Joseph E. CapizziSeptember 6, 2018
Cosmopolitanism can be a particularly pernicious temptation because it invites us to love the idealized reality of humanity above our actual flesh and blood neighbors who live next door.
Daniel StrandMay 29, 2018
Despite his errors and overstatements, Cavanaugh is helpful for thinking through the perils of nations and nationalism in an era when both seem to be enjoying a renaissance. He is best read as a theologian, not a historian, and a polemical theologian whose strident claims are best met with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Paul D. MillerDecember 11, 2017
Serious praise of America by prominent Christian thinkers was hard to find this Independence Day, but we should be willing to appreciate and defend her.
Rebeccah HeinrichsJuly 26, 2017
This provocative article written by Donald H. Stewart in the heat of World War II calls on the American Church to guide America toward a responsible patriotism which jettisons hatred and self-righteous aggrandizement while remembering “judgment belongeth unto God.”
Christianity & Crisis MagazineJuly 13, 2017