How to Be a Patriotic Christian
Love of Country as Love of Neighbor

Summary: Navigating the space between Christian nationalism and national cynicism, explores how Christians might properly love country within their primary allegiance to Christ, focused around civic kinship and responsibility. At least in the U.S. setting in which Richard Mouw writes, there often see......more

I don’t come to all the same conclusions (especially in the area of civil religion), but I really appreciate how Mouw thinks through these things. We could use a lot more of this kind of patriotism among Christians, and a lot less of the kind we’ve got.......more

This is "Christians as citizens 101." It's a solid, if basic, account on the need for government and how Christians should participate in it. I wish there were more advanced principles or analysis here; I learned a few things but almost all of it was very familiar.......more

What does it mean to be simultaneously a devout Christian and an American citizen? Are such dual allegiances even possible? In this book, Mouw – a scholarly, religious expert on the Christian’s place in the (American) public square – offers a case that these domains can be compatible with each other......more