Our guest for #336 is Dr. Thomas Millay, author of the new book Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism: A Contemporary Reinterpretation of the Attack upon Christendom. Thomas is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and Baylor University and he currently serves a parish in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Nationalism is a globally resurgent phenomenon. From Britain to India to the United States of America, we find nations vociferously reasserting their own sovereignty, ethnic composition, and intrinsic superiority. Thomas J. Millay demonstrates how Kierkegaard’s ascetic voice speaks directly to our present crisis. Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism: A Contemporary Reinterpretation of the Attack upon Christendom analyzes the late writings of Kierkegaard in light of this new relevance, for Kierkegaard’s attack upon Christendom is also an attack upon nationalism. For Kierkegaard, taking on nationalism is not simply a matter of undermining false identity constructions. Attacking nationalism is a matter of renunciation: it requires ascetic discipline, such that the selfish motives at the core of one’s identity construction are uprooted and replaced by a self-giving love marked by the willingness to suffer.
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1 comment on “Episode 336: Thomas J. Millay – Kierkegaard and the New Nationalism”
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Help me to understand why Scout Sunday is practicing Nationalism. I understand pledging to flag and singing the national anthem in church. What about the so called Black national anthem?