Christian Nationalism vs. the Social Gospel

John Blake wrote an article published by CNN on Monday, November 13, 2023, regarding the Social Gospel as a rising movement in the US.  This is a theology most biblical fundamentalists learn about in seminary as part of the history of the modernist movement in the early part of the 20th Century. They do not usually think of it as a present influential political movement and it is rarely discussed today. What we do talk about is Christian Nationalism and its evils.  Any theological movement can have extreme dangers, but the social gospel movement and the extremes of the Christian Nationalism movement have the same dangers even though their adherents have different political ideologies.The dangers of Christian Nationalism discussion.One of the great dangers in discussing Christian Nationalism is having conversations where everyone is using the same terms but different dictionaries.  When a political or theological liberal speaks of Christian Nationalism, they don’t mean exactly what most conservatives think. …Read the whole post here, or just listen to the audio version in our podcast. Get full access to the Proclaim & Defend Podcast at proclaimdefend.substack.com/subscribe