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Frequently Shouted Questions About Christian Nationalism
APPROACH WITH CAUTION
This book is about Christian Nationalism. Have you heard of it?
The media would have you believe that Christian Nationalism is, in fact, the newest threat to American democracy.
In this book Douglas Wilson addresses the most frequently [shouted!] questions about the Christian Nationalism movement.
It may surprise you that you will not find president-priests, women in flowing red dresses and white bonnets, or prescriptions for tolerating Anabaptists by stuffing them into dungeons.
The answers from Douglas Wilson will instead suggest that Christian Nationalism is as American as apple pie.
This book is about Christian Nationalism. Have you heard of it?
The media would have you believe that Christian Nationalism is, in fact, the newest threat to American democracy.
In this book Douglas Wilson addresses the most frequently [shouted!] questions about the Christian Nationalism movement.
It may surprise you that you will not find president-priests, women in flowing red dresses and white bonnets, or prescriptions for tolerating Anabaptists by stuffing them into dungeons.
The answers from Douglas Wilson will instead suggest that Christian Nationalism is as American as apple pie.
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Published October 8, 2025
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January 24, 2026
I was expecting this rather small book to be quite a rehash of ideas I was already familiar with, which it is only in part. On the other hand this is also certainly the single best beginner book I'd recommend to anyone skeptical or even mildly interested in the subject.
It is easy to forget how persuasive and reasonable Wilson really is when all you hear is PCA moderates screeching about federal vision controversies from 20 years ago (something that I am more and more convinced no one actually even understands). But really he is. Your mom would probably be persuaded by this book.
There are really only three political options for conservative Christians in America today, civic nationalism, Christian nationalism, and ethno nationalism. I think the biblical inerrantists should at least be able to agree that the many forms of globalism are off the table. Ethno nationalism is certainly the oldest and simplest, Britain for the Brits, India for Indians, Iran for Iranians and then someone chimes in "And America for the Whites"... and the room goes silent. Ethno nationalism is just not really an option when you have roughly 20% of your population that is non-white and has been living in America for 200 plus years. African-Americans are at this point 100% native to America. And let's not neglect that there is nothing particularly Christian about ethno nationalism it can just as easily be Moslem, or Hindu, or Jewish in fact it is practiced this way all across the globe.
Civic nationalism on the other hand is the most popular these days on the academic think-tanky right. This is the proposition nation issue. Wilson very astutely points out that, "To argue that America is a belief system is to set up our country as a counterfeit church. And if America is the true religion, then everyone else in the world who loves their nation needs to be treated like an infidel." Civic nationalism or creedal nationalism naturally result in global exploit and nation building. Civic nationalism is really just a stepping stone towards a form of globalism. If the ties that bind are merely intellectual then boarders and customs mean very little.
Finally we arrive, Christian nationalism it is. And in many ways it really is that simple. The book spends 20 chapters getting into the nuts and bolts defense and explanation of Christian nationalism and that is what I am recommending you read and really take with you. But for this review it is better to simplify and so Doug puts it best like this, if you have ham, cheese, and bread it is very hard to do anything else with them other than make a ham sandwich. This is where I have always found myself, I am a Christian and I am a nationalist both on strong biblical grounds and I have found nothing better to do than make the sandwich.
It is easy to forget how persuasive and reasonable Wilson really is when all you hear is PCA moderates screeching about federal vision controversies from 20 years ago (something that I am more and more convinced no one actually even understands). But really he is. Your mom would probably be persuaded by this book.
There are really only three political options for conservative Christians in America today, civic nationalism, Christian nationalism, and ethno nationalism. I think the biblical inerrantists should at least be able to agree that the many forms of globalism are off the table. Ethno nationalism is certainly the oldest and simplest, Britain for the Brits, India for Indians, Iran for Iranians and then someone chimes in "And America for the Whites"... and the room goes silent. Ethno nationalism is just not really an option when you have roughly 20% of your population that is non-white and has been living in America for 200 plus years. African-Americans are at this point 100% native to America. And let's not neglect that there is nothing particularly Christian about ethno nationalism it can just as easily be Moslem, or Hindu, or Jewish in fact it is practiced this way all across the globe.
Civic nationalism on the other hand is the most popular these days on the academic think-tanky right. This is the proposition nation issue. Wilson very astutely points out that, "To argue that America is a belief system is to set up our country as a counterfeit church. And if America is the true religion, then everyone else in the world who loves their nation needs to be treated like an infidel." Civic nationalism or creedal nationalism naturally result in global exploit and nation building. Civic nationalism is really just a stepping stone towards a form of globalism. If the ties that bind are merely intellectual then boarders and customs mean very little.
Finally we arrive, Christian nationalism it is. And in many ways it really is that simple. The book spends 20 chapters getting into the nuts and bolts defense and explanation of Christian nationalism and that is what I am recommending you read and really take with you. But for this review it is better to simplify and so Doug puts it best like this, if you have ham, cheese, and bread it is very hard to do anything else with them other than make a ham sandwich. This is where I have always found myself, I am a Christian and I am a nationalist both on strong biblical grounds and I have found nothing better to do than make the sandwich.
November 22, 2025
A good introduction to the discussion of Christian Nationalism. Wilson does as the title states, he gives and answers such questions about Christian Nationalism. Much of the debacle concerning the topic is hinged on how one defines it. I have read certain books where the definition of CN I completely disagree with and I have read others (like this one) where I agree much more so.
Essentially, my understanding and agreement with Christian Nationalism is not in the liberal name-calling and what is often presented in the media, but it is in the political theory/ pursuit within the context of a Biblical Worldview. How can politics be done to the Glory of God? How do we order and establish righteous laws that honor God? Etc.
Two quotes I enjoyed that present the definition I agree with.
“Does God care how we order our society? Is it possible to make laws that please Him and laws that anger Him? If this is true, and I believe it is, then America’s current behavior is not only setting up a political economic disaster, it is also angering God. Everyone who agrees with this in some sense as a Christian Nationalist”
“Fundamentally, Christian nationalism is the belief that human society’s require a transcendent anchor to hold all our cultural, political, and social ambitions in place, and that this transcendent anchor should be the true in living God, not an idol.”
Essentially, my understanding and agreement with Christian Nationalism is not in the liberal name-calling and what is often presented in the media, but it is in the political theory/ pursuit within the context of a Biblical Worldview. How can politics be done to the Glory of God? How do we order and establish righteous laws that honor God? Etc.
Two quotes I enjoyed that present the definition I agree with.
“Does God care how we order our society? Is it possible to make laws that please Him and laws that anger Him? If this is true, and I believe it is, then America’s current behavior is not only setting up a political economic disaster, it is also angering God. Everyone who agrees with this in some sense as a Christian Nationalist”
“Fundamentally, Christian nationalism is the belief that human society’s require a transcendent anchor to hold all our cultural, political, and social ambitions in place, and that this transcendent anchor should be the true in living God, not an idol.”
October 1, 2025
Clear, concise and appropriate for our times.
We’ve attempted the secularist’s plan for far too long. It’s time to return to what our Nation was founded on. Jesus is the Christ, Lord over all and all must submit to Him. Only then can any society flourish
We’ve attempted the secularist’s plan for far too long. It’s time to return to what our Nation was founded on. Jesus is the Christ, Lord over all and all must submit to Him. Only then can any society flourish
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January 29, 2026Great resource for anyone curious or concerned by this trending phrase "Christian nationalism."
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December 13, 2025I didn't really read it. DNF. Time is valuable. No.
January 23, 2026
Doug Wilson, Christian Nationalist provocateur sets out to make our minds rest easy about this whole Christian Nationalist movement in his succinct book. He is whip smart, can be quite funny—though often purposefully crude—and makes an interesting, though ultimately unsuccessful argument for Christian Nationalism in this book.
How does he go astray, let me count the ways:
1. He assumes the Christian Nationalist position yet doesn't bother to lay a theological foundation for it. His logic is something like: "Any society should make laws that God is pleased with, so if you want to do that for our society, then you're a Christian Nationalist." My great question as I read this book is, "where exactly does the Scripture say this, Doug?" And of course he does not answer that question because the Scriptures tells us, not to go take over government and create a Christian state, but "Go and make disciples of all the nations/ethnic groups."
Wilson says: "But Jesus expressly says that He has all authority in heaven and on earth, and that, as a consequence, we are to disciple all the nations (Matt. 28:18–20). We are to baptize them, and we are to teach them to obey everything that Christ has commanded." He subtlety changes the wording of Jesus' Great Commission to make it look like we are to "disciple all the nations," when what Jesus said was we were to "make disciples of all the nations/ethnic groups." Jesus wasn't talking about taking over the Roman government and making it Christian nationalist, nor was Peter, nor Paul, nor any New Testament figure.
2. Wilson wants a top-down approach to the Christian faith, make laws that adhere to the Christian faith, allow only Christians to vote, and this will bring in the nirvana of a Christian nation. This never ever ever works. It may work in the short term, but it always fails in the long term because making Christian laws without changing any hearts will lead only to opposition and rebellion. If we are to change the culture, it must be bottom-up, changed hearts lead to changed lives which leads to changed societies.
3. What Christian nationalism? Mr. Wilson kind of defines Christian nationalism, but even he admits that there is a great diversity of opinion on what the concept even means and how it is implemented, so he's arguing for his form of Christian nationalism, but it isn't the form, because there is no accepted view of what Christian nationalism even is.
4. Mr. Wilson does not say the quiet part out loud. Mr. Wilson is quite the provocateur and enjoys trolling people to get them to react, but he is smart enough not to say some of the stuff that he really believes. If you have only Christian laws, then who makes them? Christians of course, so ipso facto in a Christian nation, you cannot have anyone elected who isn't a Christian, thereby disenfranchising much of the nation.
5. Who gets to do what? Here is Mr. Wilson: "In contrast, Christian nationalism requires us to check in with God first to find out whether He wants us doing anything of the kind. God gets to put things on the agenda." God puts things on the political agenda? How does he do that? He must do it through individuals, and which, pray tell, individuals are they? Well Mr. Wilson won't tell you because it's a little embarrassing. Whoever has the power to do it, gets to put things on the agenda and call them God's things. Apart from the obvious difficulty of figuring out if the agenda is actually God's or the particular person who happens to be in power, who chooses that guy? One guy has the power to do this? A group of guys? No group of believers would ever abuse their power by making their agenda into law and calling it God's agenda, would they? Oh wait, maybe Oliver Cromwell... This could and would be abused if we ever did end up with a "Christian nation." Power corrupts...
A really good illustration of the way Mr. Wilson argues is in the section of the book dealing with the history of the country. He defends the American Revolution by saying that in regards to the legality of taxes "This meant that Parliament had no legal right to tax the colonies." What Mr. Wilson does not bother to point out is that this is one half of the issue. The American side argued that parliament had no legal right to tax the colonies, the English Parliament, on the other hand, argued all along that they had every right to tax the colonies. Mr. Wilson does this stuff a lot, make a lot of dogmatic statements without explaining to the reader that he is taking one side of an argument without even pointing out that there is another side.
Finally, a huge weakness of Mr. Wilson's belief in Christian nationalism is contained in this statement in the appendix: "The progressive Left, and everything it represents, is the existential threat."
The progressive Left is certainly AN existential threat, but while Mr. Wilson's attention is on trolling the left, he seems to have no understanding that an existential threat could come from the Right, and of course if you take a look at where the Right is politically right now, if you don't see that as an existential threat, you're willfully blind.
How does he go astray, let me count the ways:
1. He assumes the Christian Nationalist position yet doesn't bother to lay a theological foundation for it. His logic is something like: "Any society should make laws that God is pleased with, so if you want to do that for our society, then you're a Christian Nationalist." My great question as I read this book is, "where exactly does the Scripture say this, Doug?" And of course he does not answer that question because the Scriptures tells us, not to go take over government and create a Christian state, but "Go and make disciples of all the nations/ethnic groups."
Wilson says: "But Jesus expressly says that He has all authority in heaven and on earth, and that, as a consequence, we are to disciple all the nations (Matt. 28:18–20). We are to baptize them, and we are to teach them to obey everything that Christ has commanded." He subtlety changes the wording of Jesus' Great Commission to make it look like we are to "disciple all the nations," when what Jesus said was we were to "make disciples of all the nations/ethnic groups." Jesus wasn't talking about taking over the Roman government and making it Christian nationalist, nor was Peter, nor Paul, nor any New Testament figure.
2. Wilson wants a top-down approach to the Christian faith, make laws that adhere to the Christian faith, allow only Christians to vote, and this will bring in the nirvana of a Christian nation. This never ever ever works. It may work in the short term, but it always fails in the long term because making Christian laws without changing any hearts will lead only to opposition and rebellion. If we are to change the culture, it must be bottom-up, changed hearts lead to changed lives which leads to changed societies.
3. What Christian nationalism? Mr. Wilson kind of defines Christian nationalism, but even he admits that there is a great diversity of opinion on what the concept even means and how it is implemented, so he's arguing for his form of Christian nationalism, but it isn't the form, because there is no accepted view of what Christian nationalism even is.
4. Mr. Wilson does not say the quiet part out loud. Mr. Wilson is quite the provocateur and enjoys trolling people to get them to react, but he is smart enough not to say some of the stuff that he really believes. If you have only Christian laws, then who makes them? Christians of course, so ipso facto in a Christian nation, you cannot have anyone elected who isn't a Christian, thereby disenfranchising much of the nation.
5. Who gets to do what? Here is Mr. Wilson: "In contrast, Christian nationalism requires us to check in with God first to find out whether He wants us doing anything of the kind. God gets to put things on the agenda." God puts things on the political agenda? How does he do that? He must do it through individuals, and which, pray tell, individuals are they? Well Mr. Wilson won't tell you because it's a little embarrassing. Whoever has the power to do it, gets to put things on the agenda and call them God's things. Apart from the obvious difficulty of figuring out if the agenda is actually God's or the particular person who happens to be in power, who chooses that guy? One guy has the power to do this? A group of guys? No group of believers would ever abuse their power by making their agenda into law and calling it God's agenda, would they? Oh wait, maybe Oliver Cromwell... This could and would be abused if we ever did end up with a "Christian nation." Power corrupts...
A really good illustration of the way Mr. Wilson argues is in the section of the book dealing with the history of the country. He defends the American Revolution by saying that in regards to the legality of taxes "This meant that Parliament had no legal right to tax the colonies." What Mr. Wilson does not bother to point out is that this is one half of the issue. The American side argued that parliament had no legal right to tax the colonies, the English Parliament, on the other hand, argued all along that they had every right to tax the colonies. Mr. Wilson does this stuff a lot, make a lot of dogmatic statements without explaining to the reader that he is taking one side of an argument without even pointing out that there is another side.
Finally, a huge weakness of Mr. Wilson's belief in Christian nationalism is contained in this statement in the appendix: "The progressive Left, and everything it represents, is the existential threat."
The progressive Left is certainly AN existential threat, but while Mr. Wilson's attention is on trolling the left, he seems to have no understanding that an existential threat could come from the Right, and of course if you take a look at where the Right is politically right now, if you don't see that as an existential threat, you're willfully blind.
November 13, 2025
clear and True
Wilson answers the questions of inquisitors and sneers of critics with salient clarity. Christian Nationalism is not what you fear, unless what you fear is righteousness. Well worth reading!
Wilson answers the questions of inquisitors and sneers of critics with salient clarity. Christian Nationalism is not what you fear, unless what you fear is righteousness. Well worth reading!
January 21, 2026
Great book with typical Doug wit. Perfect for laymen or pastors who question the motives behind Christian Nationalism. So, if you’re looking for answers to those outlandish, as well as reasonable questions about Christian Nationalism this is the book for it.
November 7, 2025
A wonderfully Optimistic look on A day by day Christian political theory. Understandable, practical, and by Gods grace achievable.
December 10, 2025
Clarity, on a topic in which often produces more heat than light.
December 19, 2025
Fantastic, as per usual for Wilson.
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