Discussions about ethnicity, immigration and nationality can feel like they belong at the macro level and have little to do with the local church. Whilst I do engage with those macro questions, my own primary concern remains for the local church. So, I want to talk a little about why our theology around ethnicity and… Continue reading The church, ethnicity and Galatians
Tag: ethno-cultural nationalism
On whiteness and Christian Nationalism: Are we losing our minds?
Aaron Edwards asks “Why does it seem strange for white people to think or speak of their ethnic heritage positively in ways that would not seem strange for, say, black people? And why might this be something Christians should care about?”[1] I think that’s not a bad question to be asking, providing we keep the… Continue reading On whiteness and Christian Nationalism: Are we losing our minds?
Identity heritage, culture and Englishness
The age-old debate about English identity was kicked off again recently by Suella Braverman, a former Conservative Home Secretary and now of Reform UK. Braverman suggested that whilst she was born in Harrow and could reasonably be defined as British, she would never really be English because of her Asian heritage. The question is what… Continue reading Identity heritage, culture and Englishness
Ethno-cultural nationalism
I’ve seen it suggested that the kind of nationalism we are seeing promoted whether by agitators like Tommy Robinson or Christian Nationalists is not of the narrow, hostile ethno-nationalism kind that we associate with the Far Right and racism. The implication is that this civic or cultural nationalism is of a more benign kind. My… Continue reading Ethno-cultural nationalism
Is Globalism the work of the anti-Christ?
Nationalism tends to present globalism as it’s opposite opponent. Now at its simplest, globalism is about how everyone is interconnected, politically, economically, culturally so that nations cannot make decisions in isolation. However, the term is often used pejoratively to suggest that there are those seeking to control the whole world for their own ends. Those… Continue reading Is Globalism the work of the anti-Christ?
The silence of the shepherds
I wrote earlier this month about the need for national church leaders to speak up clearly on the issue of Christian Nationalism and why the Gospel and the Cross can have nothing to do with ethno-cultural nationalism, or to give it its proper name “fascism.” I wrote more because this is what should be happening… Continue reading The silence of the shepherds
Christian Nationalism and its deeply grievous implications for church
The late Philip Hacking once said that he was an Evangelical Anglican with the emphasis on the Adjective. In other words, the important bit of that was that he was first and foremost an Evangelical and secondly an Anglican, that’s where his loyalties lay. I do wish that many Evangelical Anglicans now would get that… Continue reading Christian Nationalism and its deeply grievous implications for church
We aren’t really far right are we?
I’ve seen a number of people on social media complaining with memes and comments. Those comments go along the lines that they are being labelled “far right” and that this is a slur. The argument is that this is a way of dismissing concerns about national pride (patriotism), freedom of speech, gender and sexuality ethics,… Continue reading We aren’t really far right are we?
Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?
So asks Aaron Edwards in this article and I want to answer “not me.” You see, I’m not afraid, I’m not scared of Christian Nationalism. However, I do fear for the affect that it is having on some church contexts, on people we are seeking to share the Gospel with and on the people believing… Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?
We do not honour the fallen by using their sacrifice as a pretext for nationalism
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Today is a day when we pause to remember. On the 11th of November 1918 at 11am the guns… Continue reading We do not honour the fallen by using their sacrifice as a pretext for nationalism
