A Study Report on Reformed Christian Politics

Recovering the Politics of the Classical Protestant Tradition

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Introduction

Given recent interest in Reformed political thought, we offer an independent study report on Reformed Christian politics. Written by three American Presbyterians (two ministers and a layman), the report includes chapters on

Reformed political theory
18th- and 19th-century American Presbyterians
The American Revisions to the WCF
The Spirituality of the Church
Theonomy and the Mosaic Law
A Critique of “Reformed Two Kingdoms”
A Summary of The Case for Christian Nationalism
Pastoral Advice

Contributors

Stephen Wolfe

Stephen Wolfe (PhD, Louisiana State University) is a country scholar in residence at Wolfeshire in North Carolina. He is the author of The Case for Christian Nationalism. He is a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University and was a Rumsfeld Fellow. Wolfe writes on Protestant political theory, focusing on seventeenth-century Protestantism, and on the philosophy of place and home. He is a West Point graduate (2008) who served as an Army officer for many years. Wolfe is a member of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (EPS). He and his family are members of a Presbyterian church in North Carolina.

Zachary Garris

Zachary Garris serves as pastor of Bryce Avenue Presbyterian Church (PCA) in White Rock, New Mexico. He holds a MDiv from Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson) and a JD from Wayne State University Law School. Garris is a publisher, editor, author, and licensed attorney. He manages and contributes to the Bible resource website KnowingScripture.com. He is the author of Masculine Christianity and Honor Thy Fathers: Recovering the Anti-Feminist Theology of the Reformers, and co-author (with Rev. Sean McGowan) of the forthcoming two-volume work, The Southern Presbyterians.

Sean McGowan

Sean McGowan serves as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Tallahassee, FL. He holds a BS from Liberty University, a MA from Reformed Theological Seminary and a MTh from the University of Glasgow. In addition to his ministry in the local church, he has served at the presbytery and denominational level most recently as a Trustee of Covenant College (2022–2026). Pastor McGowan is the author of Infant Baptism: An Introductory Sprinkling for Parishioners, Psalms that Curse: A Brief Primer, and co-author (with Rev. Zachary Garris) of the forthcoming two-volume work, The Southern Presbyterians.

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