David Schrock—along with either Trent Hunter, Brad Green, or Steve Wellum—recently conducted twelve interviews about Christian nationalism for Christ Over All. I copied the transcripts of those twelve interviews into a Word document, and that document is 200 pages single-spaced. That’s a lot to sort through. After listening to the twelve interviews and reading the transcripts, I offer the following twelve reflections or observations in this article:
Naselli, Andrew David. “Twelve Reflections on Twelve Interviews on Christian Nationalism.” Christ Over All, 27 November 2023.
Here are the twelve headings:
- Reflection 1. The interviewees are basically within views 4 and 5 in my taxonomy of political theology.
- Reflection 2. The interviewees disagree on whether it would be good to have a Christian government.
- Reflection 3. The interviewees agree that America had a Christian founding.
- Reflection 4. The interviewees know what time it is.
- Reflection 5. The interviewees agree that a Christian culture in a society is good.
- Reflection 6. The interviewees basically agree on the strategy of what faithful Christians should do right now.
- Reflection 7. The interviewees disagree on how to talk about the Ten Commandments with reference to political theology.
- Reflection 8. The interviewees disagree on how to define “good” and “bad” in Romans 13:3.
- Reflection 9. The interviewees disagree on whether the label “Christian nationalism” is helpful.
- Reflection 10. The interviewees who fit within view 5 do not put most of the load-bearing weight for their view on postmillennialism or theonomy.
- Reflection 11. The interviewees disagree on whether some nations (other than Israel under the Mosaic covenant) may be in a covenant with God.
- Reflection 12. The interviewees all interacted as Christian gentlemen and modeled how to discuss political theology.
You may listen to Kevin McClure read my article on the Christ Over All podcast here. (For block quotes, the podcast features audio clips from the original interviews.)
Update on 12/4/2023: Christ Over All released a 68-minute podcast episode in which I discuss this article with David Schrock and Steve Wellum.
Related: Andrew David Naselli, “What Is the Spectrum of Major Views on Political Theology? A Proposed Taxonomy of Seven Views on Religion and Government,” Christ Over All, 10 November 2023.
