{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Trinity Forum Conversations","title":"How to be a Patriotic Christian","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1869,"description":"How to be a Patriotic Christian\n\nThe topic of Christian nationalism takes us into deep questions of how we understand and live out our allegiances to both our country and the kingdom of God, how we ought to relate to our neighbors, and how we should pursue justice and flourishing within our nation. \nIt's also a topic rife with confusion and uncertainty. But what is Christian nationalism, and how is it different from a robust patriotism? On our podcast we explore these questions with scholars and authors Richard Mouw and Paul D. Miller who help us distinguish between living out one's faith in the public square and instrumentalizing faith for political ends:\n\"Because I think America is in fact, so great, it means it is so tempting to idolize America because it's just one of the greatest things. Anything we idolize becomes destructive, and it can be destructive individually of our spiritual lives. But when you idolize a nation, that nation can be unbelievably destructive.\" - Paul D. Miller\nThis podcast is an edited version of an online conversation recorded in 2023. Watch the full video of the conversation here, and learn more about Richard Mouw and Paul D. Miller\nWe hope that this conversation has been helpful in articulating what it means to be a patriotic Christian, and in offering better language and frameworks for wrestling with questions of how to live out our faith in the public square.\n\nAuthors and books mentioned in the conversation:\nUncommon Decency: Christian Civility in an Uncivil World, by Richard Mouw\nPluralisms and Horizons, by Richard Mouw\nPraying at Burger King, by Richard Mouw\nHow to Be a Patriotic Christian: Love of Country as Love of Neighbor, by Richard Mouw\nThe Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism, by Paul D. Miller\nThis America: The Case for the Nation, by Jill Lepore\nAristotle\nPlato\nRev. Martin Luther King Jr.\nAugustine\nC.S. Lewis\nRichard John Neuhaus\nSimone Weil\nJohn Calvin\nSt. Thérèse of Lisieux\nGeorge...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LC6b2lFM_r_3xEJCzvD8r7UblHhgtgss5nBJ4X1mqD4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE3OTk3LzE2MTM1/MzUwNjEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}