Christian Nationalism is dominating evangelical conversations at the moment, at least in some circles. Given the current cultural challenges faced by the evangelical church in the West, and especially in the USA and Western Europe, many are looking to Christian Nationalism as an alternative political proposal to procedural liberalism, especially the variety propagated in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Yet is Christian Nationalism compatible with historic Baptist distinctives—with credobaptist, congregational convictions? It is the contention of this essay that it is not, and especially due to the difference in how Christian Nationalism and congregational credobaptists view the relation between the covenants.
Q: What is Christian Nationalism?
A: As a subspecies of Magisterial Reformation political theology, Christian Nationalism sees continuity between the purpose and function of prelapsarian, postlapsarian, and redeemed nations.
The most recent sustained reflection on “Christian nationalism” comes from Stephen Wolfe. In his A Case for Christian Nationalism, Wolfe defines his political philosophy like this: “[Christian Nationalism is] a totality of national action, consisting of civil laws and social customs, conducted by a Christian nation as a Christian nation, in order to procure for itself both earthly and heavenly good in Christ.”[1]
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