{"product_id":"between-nations-and-the-kingdom-damiano-b-centola-9781834300818","title":"Between Nations and the Kingdom: Identity, Sovereign, and the Struggle of Order","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween Nations and the Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentity, Sovereignty, and the Struggle for Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Theological Dialogue with Greenfeld, Arendt, and the Crisis of Our Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is shaking - politically, culturally, spiritually. Nations fracture over identity. Governments fight to maintain legitimacy. Communities lose trust. And beneath it all, ordinary people are asking urgent questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho are we?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho really rules us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan what we've built endure?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing together the insights of sociologist Liah Greenfeld on the forging and fracture of national identity, political philosopher Hannah Arendt on the collapse of authority, and the enduring witness of Scripture on God's unshakable reign, Damiano B. Centola brings these voices into a single, urgent conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is neither a dry academic treatise nor a simplistic devotional, but a deeply reasoned and powerfully lived meditation on identity, order, and sovereignty. From the rise of nations to the fragility of modern democracies, from the imago Dei to the banality of evil, from the biblical covenant to the resilience of a neighborhood during a Los Angeles blackout, Between Nations and the Kingdom moves with scholarly depth and pastoral warmth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy national identity can either bind a people together or drive them apart.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow power, authority, and violence differ - and why confusing them leads to ruin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biblical vision for a \"we\" that transcends political, ethnic, and cultural divides.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow crisis exposes - and refines - the foundations of our community and our soul.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for readers who refuse to choose between rigorous thought and vibrant faith - for citizens of earthly nations who live with their eyes fixed on an eternal Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the shaking comes - and it will - the question will not be whether the kingdoms of this world can stand. The question will be whether you are standing in a Kingdom that cannot be moved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damiano B. Centola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1834300819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781834300818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Explora Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Damiano B. Centola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664680423679,"sku":"9781834300818","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-nations-and-the-kingdom-damiano-b-centola-9781834300818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}