19th Century ministers regularly preached to men carrying guns. Politicians and military figures in the Nineteenth Century United States publicly and enthusiastically committed to the so-called separation of church and state also regularly ordered government workers, soldiers, and militiamen to attend religious services.
political theology
Christianity, Education, and Secularism in 1900 America
At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, secularization in Western intellectual and political life led to policy changes in education, particularly in France and in the United States. The American republic’s commitment to a disestablished federal religious regime...
So Natural is the Union of Religion with Justice: Blogging through Hooker’s Laws, Book V
So I know I've been absolutely terrible about contributing to this blog, but I am at last ready to start making up for lost time by using this blog, at the very least, as a running journal for...*drum roll*...the long-delayed Richard Hooker Modernization Project,...
Who Are Our Time Lords?
In Sid Meier's classic game Civilization III, one of the first "technologies" that your chosen civilization must learn is the calendar (which, amusingly, unlocks the ability to build the Stonehenge, even if you happen to be the Chinese or Incas). As a teenager, this...
Social Activism and the New Testament
Does the “social justice” turn of some evangelicals line up with New Testament’s approach to societal problems?
Nationalism in Earliest Christianity
Do the earliest days of church history offer pushback to a defense of “Christian nationalism”?
Survival and Resistance in Christian America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest: A Review
A fine addition to an expanding list of historically grounded monographs on Christian Reconstruction.
Must Baptists Reject A Christian State?
A quick look at Baptists in the 1600s troubles common assumptions about their politics.
Marginal Baptists? A Brief Response to Russell Moore
Are Baptists really at their best when they’re on the fringes?
A Letter Regarding War, April 15, 1818
An admirably concise, compelling, and elegant summary of the classic Christian just war tradition by John Jay.