In The Political Theology of European Integration, Mark Royce corrects the political science discourse by explaining how political theology can affect international relations.

The current nationalist fervor could actually be a sign of nation-states’ weakness, a gasp that belies a lack of confidence in it as a form of government that can adequately represent a people and govern them fairly.

This article about the international order and preserving the nation-state system first appeared in the Spring 2016 issue of Providence‘s print…