Last week I finished reading Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis, a forthcoming book with Yale University Press from the renowned scholar James Davison Hunter at the University of Virginia. No matter our party loyalties, we’d probably all agree that the American political system is in crisis. Hunter takes us deeper to understand how we got here, and where we might go next.

“If solidarity cannot be generated organically,” Hunter warns, “it will be imposed coercively.”

One proposal for imposing a new political order is Christian nationalism. Writing for TGC, Kevin DeYoung reviewed one popular case for Christian nationalism. You don’t need to think democracy is working well to find problems with this version of Christian nationalism as a postliberal ideology of the radical right.

Recently several TGC Council members sat down to debate Christian nationalism. Andy Davis, Ligon Duncan, Phil Ryken, and Bob Thune examined how Christian nationalism differs from patriotism and emphasized our loyalty to Christ above all earthly powers. They also considered how Christians should advocate for our beliefs in a society that doesn’t share allegiance to God’s law.

You can listen to the nearly 40-minute discussion on The Gospel Coalition Podcast or watch on our YouTube channel.