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The New Evangelicals Podcast

56. Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism // with Thomas Millay

The New Evangelicals Podcast

Tim Whitaker

News, Religion & Spirituality, Politics, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Thomas Millay, professor, pastor and author of the new book Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism, sits down with Tim to discuss how Kierkegaard's view of Nationalism intersects with how Nationalism affects us currently. Thomas explains his background and what prompted his new book. Tim and Thomas discuss the definition of Nationalism and the understanding of how that defines Christian Nationalism. Thomas explains how Soren Kierkegaard lived out the practical aspects of Christianity in light of how Nationalism impacted those in society and around the world. Tim and Thomas look at Kierkegaard, John Locke and James Cone in their understanding of nationalism and spirituality. Lastly, Tim and Thomas discuss forethought in how individuals live their lives understanding the impact of their choices on others. Follow Us On Instagram // @thenewevangelicals Support Our Work Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0

If you don't know who I am, my name is Noah, I'm the podcast producer, and Tim asked me to jump on this week and to introduce this episode for you while he's on baby leave.

1:02.0

If you're following along with

1:03.9

our community and what's going on behind the scenes on our social media accounts

1:07.8

you know that Tim and Sarah are about to have a baby right now and probably by the

1:12.1

time that this episode airs there will be a new baby in the

1:15.0

Whitaker house so if you want more updates on that go ahead and check our social media out over the next couple

1:19.6

weeks but I've got a really great conversation for you here today between Tim and Thomas J. Malay.

1:25.0

Thomas J. Malay is a senior research fellow at the Hong Kircagard Library of St. Olaf College

1:31.0

and he just recently published a new book called

1:33.2

Kirkagard and the New nationalism a contemporary reinterpretation of the

1:37.9

attack upon Christendom. This episode asks some really important questions

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like what is nationalism?

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