What’s in a Nation?

Paul Miller, Georgetown professor and regular contributor to The Dispatch, returns to The Remnant to ...

Published July 14, 2022

Paul Miller, Georgetown professor and regular contributor to The Dispatch, returns to The Remnant to discuss his new book, The Religion of American Greatness: What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism. In formidably highfalutin fashion, he and Jonah explore what drives mankind’s nationalistic impulse, why Christianity and nationalism have historically been intertwined in America, and what should hold our country together beyond the creed outlined in the Declaration of Independence. Stick around to hear Paul turn the tables on Jonah and ask him a few questions about the legacy of Suicide of the West.

Show Notes:

– Paul’s page at The Dispatch

– Paul’s new book, The Religion of American Greatness

– Paul’s appearance on Dispatch Live

– Jonah: “The Dangers of Unchecked Nationalism”

– Chris Hedges’ American Fascists

– Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

– Rich Lowry’s The Case for Nationalism

– Michael Burleigh’s The Third Reich

– Yuval Levin’s The Great Debate

– The Remnant with Charles C.W. Cooke

– David Bell’s The Cult of the Nation in France

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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