Christianity and the Nation State
October 17-31
with author Gary Chartier
Kindle: $41.99; free pre-publication PDF available on request
October 24: Chapter 1
A Politics of Diversity
In Chapter 1, Gary Chartier frames his political theology around the reality of human diversity as a divine gift and argues that a Christian political vision must be open to multiple ways of flourishing and to social experimentation. (AI Overview)
From the Amazon website:
In Christianity and the Nation-State, Gary Chartier provocatively offers readers unexpected critical distance from some familiar ways of understanding, justifying, and navigating existing political arrangements. People in multiple societies are posing important questions about the authority and functions of the contemporary nation-state and about potential alternatives to this seemingly inescapable institution. Chartier seeks to develop a distinctive theological response to the conditions prompting these questions. Affirming liberalism and cosmopolitanism, he reflects critically on nationalism, localism, religious establishment, and theological accounts of political authority. He highlights links between sin and state power and underscores deficiencies in democratic rhetoric and theory. He rejects the idea of a global government, advocating a nonterritorial alternative he labels 'radical consociationalism. Moreover, he presents concrete suggestions for life under the rule of the state.
See Kevin Vallier’s critical review here: Book Review: Christianity and the Nation-State: A Study in Political Theology , Gary Chartier
Sabbath Seminars
Room 3208
Centennial Complex of Loma Linda University Sabbath Morning 10:30-12:30
Galileo Galilei: 'I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.'
