“Daniel Darling’s ringing defense of Christian patriotism recognizes that we are at a “critical juncture” in our American history and that as we approach our 250th celebration of independence, many in the U.S. and specifically within the church are “beset by ritual self-loathing and doomsday predictions of failure,” the product of “neurotic gloominess that seems a product more of decadence, recency bias, and provincialism than of honest analysis of this country.” Darling is over the target and his diagnosis of the self-flagellation widespread and growing within some precincts of the church and generally on the left is accurate and compelling. As is his prescription for believers of the antidote of classical Christian patriotism. This book could not be more timely or more persuasive. Read it and give it to your family and friends.”
Hugh Hewitt
Host of the nationally syndicated Hugh Hewitt radio show, constitutional law professor at Chapman University, and Fox News contributor.
“Daniel Darling has penned an informative, readable, and inspiring defense of a ‘Christian’ patriotism which is neither idolatrous nor xenophobic. Revealing an impressive grasp of the history and the complex issues involved, Darling’s IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIAN PATRIOTISM will provide readers with valuable understanding of a timely and important issue.”
Dr. Richard Land
Executive Editor, Christian Post and President Emeritus, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, SBC
“Today, it is increasingly difficult for Christians to adopt a healthy posture toward the American nation. Many swerve toward the extremes of idolatrous nationalism, or the remorseless trashing of America’s onetime heroes. Daniel Darling offers a sane middle way, that of Christian patriotism. This book will serve as a roadmap for those wanting a route out of the sound and fury of America’s culture wars.”
Thomas S. Kidd
Research Professor of Church History, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and author of several books including Thomas Jefferson, A Biography of Spirit and Flesh, Benjamin Franklin, The Religious Life of a Founding Father, and America’s Religious History
“In this well-crafted book, Daniel Darling makes a persuasive argument that Christians have excellent biblical and theological reasons to be patriotic and politically active. As well, he gives sage advice about how we should be involved in our communities and politics; advice which, if heeded, would do much to heal America’s current political divides.”
Mark David Hall
Research Professor in the Robertson School of Government, Regent University and author of several books including, Who is Afraid of Christian Nationalism?, Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land, and Is America A Christian Nation?
“An American restoration and renewal may well occur in the years ahead, and if it does, a robust regeneration of faith in our beloved nation will surely be one of its primary reasons. Daniel Darling is a thoughtful public intellectual, and he offers a bold and welcome charge for men and women of faith to engage in the public square as never before. Forty years ago Richard John Neuhaus warned in “The Naked Public Square” the implications for America if men and women of faith retreated from the important public and cultural debates of our era. Darling picks up the Neuhaus mantle, and offers refreshing insights as he deftly looks around the corners of 21st-century American public life.”
Tim Goeglein
Vice President of External and Government Relations for Focus on the Family
“With characteristic clarity, erudition, persuasiveness, and warmth, Daniel Darling has provided us with a vision for rightly ordered patriotism in times marked by a host of cultural and societal crises. Darling charts a path forward for Christians to love their country as a form of gratitude and neighbor love in obedience to their first love, the Lord Jesus. This book stands in the great tradition of both Christian and American civilization.”
John Wilsey
Associate Professor and Chair of the Church History Department at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and author of several books, including American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion, Religious Freedom, and God’s Cold Warrior, the Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles
