The assumptions behind Christian Nationalism tend to stem from a high view of human reason. Rationalism is the epistemological position that reason is the chief source of knowledge and truth. Rationalists believe that they can perceive eternal truths through human reason. This view has a strong foundation in the Western philosophical tradition, particularly being solidified in Medieval Scholasticism that has reared its ugly head in the Church ever since. Proponents of Rationalism and the Scholastic method tend to underplay the extensive controversy in Protestant history against the Medieval Scholastics. They are positively convinced that all the Reformers were heavily influenced by the Scholastics, particularly Thomas Aquinas, often ignoring the heavy emphasis on the noetic effects of the Fall in their writings. It is unsurprising then that many proponents of Christian Nationalism tend to be Thomists. The assumption here is that the natural realm, i.e. the physical world operates purely within the realm of reason, which is distinct from the supernatural realm.
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The Heresy of Christian Nationalism Part 1: Identity, a Historic Survey
Christian Nationalism is a theological position that is currently heavily being debated in Protestant circles. The recent book "The Case for Christian Nationalism" by Stephen Wolfe has garnered popular attention in a wide array of conservative Christian circles, particularly in the Reformed tradition. However, his particular manifesto is only one approach of many in seeking to include the state into the realm to be transformed by Christianity. Proponents of Christian Nationalism are often Rationalist in their approach with a view that they can sufficiently deduce eternal truths through human reason. This is often combined with a high view of nature, particularly the notion that one can deduce through reason what would have been good in the Edenic created order prior to the Fall.
Daniel, Nationalism and Lessons for New Covenant Pilgrims
Christian Nationalism is an ideology that is gaining significant traction in Dominionist circles. The ideology seeks a return to the "glory" days of what is called Christendom, wherein "Christian" thought flourished in the West and where laws reflected what is perceived as Biblical influence. This ideology has come to play a seductive role in broad Evangelicalism and is the stepping stone to a return to the days of an apostate society. For indeed a society that claims to be a Christian and yet most of its citizens are unregenerate, is indeed a society of apostates and that does far more damage to the Kingdom of God than any heathen kingdom can. It is in light of this that it would be pertinent to study the life of Daniel, a member of the Old Covenant who lived in exile in Babylon, a situation that is the certain calling for every Christian in the New Covenant era. The study of the life of Daniel and his context as a Jewish exile in Babylon will provide helpful guidance for the Covenant people of today to navigate the world and understand the nature of the covenant peoples' interaction with the world and its systems and the nature of the whole conception of nationalism, a notion that becomes moot when considering the eternal order.
Deo Vicit Mundum 