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3.76: Can You Help Biblically Explain Why Nationalism Is Not a Christian Narrative?

In this episode, the hosts are joined by Esau McCaulley. Together, they explore the listener posed questions regarding Christian nationalism and a biblical view of nationalistic rhetoric.

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In this episode, Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston talk with Esau McCaulley, exploring the listener posed questions: Can you help biblically explain why nationalism is not a Christian narrative. In this country, Christian Nationalism has taken center stage. How can we teach Jesus’s view of nationalistic rhetoric?

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Topics, themes and figures mentioned

  • Christian Nationalism
  • Jewish Nationalism
  • Hebrew Scriptures
  • Kingdom of God
  • Oppression
  • Martin Luther King
  • Patriotic Christian
  • Political Party
  • Geopolitics
  • Self-Actualization
  • Patriotic Myths

Today's Episode Hosted By

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Kathryn Schifferdecker

Katie Langston

Katie Langston

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Rev. Esau McCaulley

Esau McCaulley

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Esau McCaulley

Rev. Esau McCaulley, Ph.D. is an associate professor of New Testament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. His first book entitled "Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance" was published by T & T Clark in 2019. His second book "Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope" was published by IVP academic in 2020. It has won numerous awards, including Christianity Today’s book of the year. His first children’s book, "Josie Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit," will be published by IVP in May 2022. He is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as Washington Post, The Religious New Service, and Christianity Today. He is married to Mandy, a pediatrician and navy reservist. Together, they have four wonderful children.

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Kathryn M. Schifferdecker

Kathryn M Schifferdecker came to Luther Seminary as an assistant professor of Old Testament in 2006. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2001, Schifferdecker was associate pastor for five years at Trinity Lutheran Church, Arkdale, Wisc., before coming to Luther. Schifferdecker is a frequent contributor to workingpreacher.org, Word & World and the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Creation Theology in the Book of Job (Harvard University Press, 2008). She is currently writing a commentary on the book of Esther.

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Katie Langston

Katie Langston is a doubter by nature and a believer by grace. She grew up Mormon in a small Utah town and still isn't sure she fits in anywhere sophisticated enough to have a Target. She's the author of Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace, an acclaimed spiritual memoir about her conversion to orthodox Christianity. Katie works as the director of digital strategy for Luther Seminary's innovation team, where she oversees digital projects aimed at cultivating vibrant Christian spirituality in a post-modern, post-Christian cultural context.

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