Christian Nationalism and the Paradox of Secularism: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Reflections on Religious Nationalism

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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction to Christian Nationalism and the Secular Paradox
	1 A Philosophical Response to Christian Nationalism
	2 Sincerity, Identity, Belief
	3 Defining Christian Nationalism
	4 Political Secularism, Nationalism, and Identity
	5 Secularism and the Paradox
	6 Components of Religious Nationalism
	7 Nationalism and Religious Identity
Chapter 2 The War against God: The Anti-secular Rhetoric of Christian Nationalism
	1 Debates about Secularism
	2 The Paradox of Secularism
	3 Conclusion
Chapter 3 The Devil of Secularism: The Christian Nationalist Argument against Secularism
	1 Christian Backlash and America as a Christian Nation
	2 The Apparent Rise of Christian Nationalism and the Growth of Nonreligion
	3 Sympathy for the Devil?
	4 Examples of Christian Nationalism in American Politics
	5 Conclusion
Chapter 4 God Is Not a Tyrant: A Theological Argument against Christian Nationalism
	1 Jesus Is Not Caesar
	2 The Christian Nationalist Warning about Secular Tyranny
	3 The Problem of Tyranny
	4 Conclusion
Chapter 5 The Hubris of Christian Nationalism: A Christian Argument for Humility and Nonviolence
	1 Disputes about Jericho
	2 Tyranny, Hubris, and Violence
	3 Early Modern Theology
	4 The Theology of Tyranny
	5 Conclusion: Christian Nonviolence and the Secular Paradox
Chapter 6 A Christian State Is Un-Christian: Idolatry and the Argument against Christian Nationalism
	1 Idolatry and the Kingdom of God
	2 Eschatology and Integralism
	4 Conclusion
Chapter 7 Against Fanaticism and Hypocrisy: Modern Christian Political Theology and the Worry about “Secular Absolutism”
	1 The Mystery of Fearing God and Honoring the Emperor
	2 External Religion as Hypocritical and Fanatical
	3 Theodicies of Freedom
	4 Conclusion
Chapter 8 Can We Know What God Ordains? Secularization, Nonreligion, and the “Christian Nation”
	1 The Diverse Human World
	2 The So-Called “War on Faith”
	3 Atheism, Blasphemy, and Toleration
	4 Atheism, Ceremonial Deism, and “In God We Trust”
	5 The Challenge of Diversity
	6 Conclusion: Avoiding Hyperbole and Falsehood
Chapter 9 The Free Mind of the Secular Enlightenment: The Cut Flower Fallacy, the Social Contract, and the Secular Idea of the American Founding
	1 Jeffersonian and Madisonian Secularism
	2 The Christian Vapor Trail
	3 Reason and the Social Contract
	4 The Specter of Moral Relativism
	5 Conclusion
Chapter 10 A Liberal and Generous Toleration: The Human Wisdom of Secularism
	1 Christian Nationalism and Human Conflict
	2 The Minimal Secular Consensus: Maritain and Rawls
	3 Post-secular Political Religion
	4 Anti-secular religiosity
	5 John Adams and the “General Principles of Christianity”
	6 The Declaration of Independence as a Secular Document
	7 The Secular Constitution as Human Creation
	8 Conclusion
Chapter 11 On Dissipating the Darkness: A Tragic and Hopeful Conclusion
	1 The Threat of Violence
	2 The Secular Argument against Coercion and Violence
	3 Concluding Hope: Education and Enlightenment
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